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monument
[mon-yuh-muhnt, 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
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
Monument
2/ ˈɒʊəԳ /
noun
a 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
Other 51Թ Forms
- monumentless adjective
- unmonumented adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of monument1
Example Sentences
On Friday, downtown Washington was a maze of metal barriers surrounding monuments, museums and other landmarks such as the National Mall, where crowds are expected to gather beginning Saturday morning.
Padilla and fellow Sen. Adam Schiff were among the federal lawmakers from California who pushed for the creation of the monuments.
"No serious city builds a modern future by demolishing its historical centres and cultural monuments," says Estela Radonjic Zivkov, the former deputy director of Serbia's Republic Institute for the Protection of Monuments.
St Sophia's is a Unesco World Heritage Site and one of Ukraine's most significant cultural and religious monuments, with spectacular 11th Century mosaics and frescoes.
First erected when Kyrgyzstan was part of the Soviet Union, the 23m-tall monument towered over the city of Osh for 50 years before it was quietly removed this week.
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