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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mon•u•ment /ˈmɑnyəmənt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a pillar or statue:The arch in St. Louis is a monument to the pioneers.
- any building from a past age, thought of as having importance.
- anything that has lasted a long time and is evidence of something noteworthy:The canal and hydroelectric plant remain a monument to human ingenuity.
See -mon-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mon•u•ment (n. mon′yə mənt;v. mon′yə ment′),USA pronunciation n. - 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, esp. when considered to be beyond question:a monument of middle-class respectability.
- Governmentan 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, esp. a posthumous one.
- Surveyingan 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.
- [Obs.]a tomb;
sepulcher. - a statue.
v.t. - 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.
- Latin monumentum, equivalent. to mon- (stem of monēre to remind, warn) + -u- (variant of -i- -i- before labials) + -mentum -ment
- Middle English 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: monument /ˈmɒnjʊmənt/ n - 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
- US a boundary marker
- an exceptional example: his lecture was a monument of tedium
Etymology: 13th Century: from Latin monumentum, from monēre to remind, advise Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Monument /ˈmɒnjʊmənt/ n - the Monument ⇒ 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
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