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1. (n.) memorial
something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday.
2. memorial
a written statement of facts presented to a governing body in the form of or along with a petition.
3. (adj.) memorial
serving to preserve the memory; commemorative:
memorial services.
4. memorial
of or pertaining to the memory.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) memorial, commemoration, remembrance
a recognition of meritorious service
2. (noun) memorial
a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority
3. (noun) memorial, monument
a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
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1. (noun) memorial
a monument, statue, etc. built to remember a famous person or significant event
a war memorial
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) memorial
serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building
2. (adj) memorial
mnemonic; assisting the memory
3. (noun) memorial
anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument
4. (noun) memorial
a memorandum; a record
5. (noun) memorial
a written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, etc., -- often accompanied with a petition
6. (noun) memorial
memory; remembrance
7. (noun) memorial
a species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation
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Sense: something (eg a monument) that honours or commemorates people or events of the past
a memorial to Sir Winston Churchill; a war memorial.
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 Afrikaans: gedenkwaardigheid |
 Arabic: نُصُب تَذْكاري |
 Bulgarian: почитане |
 Brazilian: memorial |
 Czech: památník, pomník |
 German: das Denkmal |
 Danish: mindesmærke |
 Greek: μνημείο |
 Spanish: monumento conmemorativo |
 Estonian: mälestusmärk |
 Farsi: نامه غیر رسمی |
 Finnish: muistomerkki |
 French: monument |
 Hebrew: אַנדַרטָה |
 Hindi: स्मारक |
 Croatian: spomenik |
 Hungarian: emlékmű |
 Indonesian: tanda peringatan |
 Icelandic: minnisvarði |
 Italian: monumento commemorativo |
 Japanese: 記念碑 |
 Korean: 기념물 |
 Lithuanian: memorialas, paminklas |
 Latvian: memoriāls; piemineklis |
 Malay: memorial |
 Dutch: gedenkteken |
 Norwegian: minnesmerke |
 Polish: pomnik |
 Persian: نامه غیر رسمی |
 Pashto: غير رسمى ليك |
 Portuguese: memória |
 Romanian: monument |
 Russian: памятник; мемориал |
 Slovak: pomník |
 Slovenian: spomenik |
 Serbian: memorijalni spomenik |
 Swedish: minnesmärke, -sten, -tavl |
 Thai: อนุสรณ์ |
 Turkish: anıt, abide |
 Taiwanese: 紀念物(如紀念碑) |
 Ukrainian: пам'ятник; меморіал |
 Urdu: کسی شخص یا واقعے کی یادگا |
 Vietnamese: tượng đài |
 Chinese: 纪念物，纪念碑 |
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