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monument
[ noun mon-yuh-muhnt; verb mon-yuh-ment ]
noun
- something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue:
the Washington Monument.
- any building, megalith, etc., surviving from a past age, and regarded as of historical or archaeological importance.
- any enduring evidence or notable example of something:
a monument to human ingenuity.
- an exemplar, model, or personification of some abstract quality, especially when considered to be beyond question:
a monument of middle-class respectability.
- an area or a site of interest to the public for its historical significance, great natural beauty, etc., preserved and maintained by a government.
- a written tribute to a person, especially a posthumous one.
- Surveying. an object, as a stone shaft, set in the ground to mark the boundaries of real estate or to mark a survey station.
- a person considered as a heroic figure or of heroic proportions:
He became a monument in his lifetime.
- Obsolete. a tomb; sepulcher.
- a statue.
verb (used with object)
- to build a monument or monuments to; commemorate:
to monument the nation's war dead.
- to build a monument on:
to monument a famous site.
Monument
1/ ˈɒʊəԳ /
noun
- the Monumenta tall columnar building designed (1671) by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate the Fire of London (1666), which destroyed a large part of the medieval city
monument
2/ ˈɒʊəԳ /
noun
- an obelisk, statue, building, etc, erected in commemoration of a person or event or in celebration of something
- a notable building or site, esp one preserved as public property
- a tomb or tombstone
- a literary or artistic work regarded as commemorative of its creator or a particular period
- a boundary marker
- an exceptional example
his lecture was a monument of tedium
- an obsolete word for statue
Other Word Forms
- Dzu·Գ· adjective
- ܲ·Dzu·Գe adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of monument1
Example Sentences
He is considered a hero in the modern-day Philippines, and monuments in his honour are common around the country.
At the Niños Héroes monument, Mexicans reflected on that past and possible conflicts — economic ones — looming in the future.
His enormous constructions can be found in cities around the globe, including a monument to Christopher Columbus in Seville, Spain, and the Chronicle of Georgia monument in his hometown of Tbilisi.
The medieval monuments that dotted Baharampur, the city he grew up in, kindled his interest in history and he pursued the subject in college.
A February order by Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum directed his staff to review and possibly alter national monuments as part of a push to expand U.S. energy production.
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