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

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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”)

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