Monument Definition

mŏnyə-mənt
monuments
noun
monuments
A structure, such as a building or sculpture, erected as a memorial.
American Heritage
Something set up to keep alive the memory of a person or event, as a tablet, statue, pillar, building, etc.; specif., such a marker, statue, or structure placed over a grave or in a cemetery.
Webster's New World
A structure surviving from a former period.
Webster's New World
Something venerated for its enduring historic significance or association with a notable past person or thing.
The architectural monuments of ancient Rome; traditions that are monuments to an earlier era.
American Heritage
A writing or the like serving as a memorial.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Monument

Noun

Singular:
monument
Plural:
monuments

Origin of Monument

  • Middle English from Latin monumentum memorial from monēre to remind men-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin monumentum (“memorial”), from monēre (“to remind”)

    From Wiktionary

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