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monument definition

monu·ment (män′yo̵̅o̅ mənt, -yə-)

noun

  1. something set up to keep alive the memory of a person or event, as a tablet, statue, pillar, building, etc.
  2. a structure surviving from a former period
  3. a writing or the like serving as a memorial
    1. a work, production, etc. of enduring value or significance monuments of learning
    2. lasting or outstanding evidence or example
  5. ☆ a stone shaft or other object set in the earth to mark a boundary
  6. Obsolete
    1. a tomb; sepulcher
    2. a statue; effigy

Etymology: OFr < L monumentum < monere, to remind, warn: see monitor

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monument Synonyms

monument

n.

  1. Anything erected to preserve a memory

    tomb, tombstone, marker, shaft, column, pillar, headstone, gravestone, cenotaph, mausoleum, obelisk, shrine, statue, building, erection, pile, tower, monolith, tablet, slab, stone; see also memorial.

  2. A landmark in the history of creative work

    work of art, magnum opus, exemplar, permanent contribution; see achievement 2, masterpiece.


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monument Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • erect: Early Proposals for a Memorial In 1949 there was a proposal to erect a monument to the American airmen.

Adjective modifier

  • ancient: There can be few ancient monuments in East Anglia with a more striking location.

Modifies a noun

  • police: Monument police officer no limit texas players also tend.

Noun used with modifier

  • henge: Avebury stone circle is the largest henge monument in Britain, which is managed by the National Trust.
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monument quotes

You must not miss Whitehall. At one end you will find a statue of one of our kings who was beheaded; at the other, a monument tothemanwho did it.That isjust one example of our attempts to be fair to everybody.

-Appleton, Sir Edward Victor

Rome de Rome est le seul monument, Et Rome Rome a vaincu seulement. Rome is the only monument left of Rome, And only Rome vanquished Rome.

-Bellay,Joachim du

Sir Patrick Rackrent lived and died a monument of old Irish hospitality.

-Edgeworth, Maria

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