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1. (n.) monument
something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue.
2. monument
any building, megalith, etc., surviving from a past age, and regarded as of historical or archaeological importance.
3. monument
any enduring evidence or notable example of something:
a monument to human ingenuity.
4. monument
something written, esp. a legal document or a tribute to a person.
5. monument
an object, as a stone shaft, to mark a boundary or a survey station.
6. monument
a person considered as being of heroic proportions:
a monument in her lifetime.
7. monument
Obs. a tomb; sepulcher.
8. monument
a statue.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < L monumentum=mon- (s. of monēre to warn) +-u- (var. of -i- -i - before labials) +-mentum -ment)
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| Definition of 'monument' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) memorial, monument
a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
2. (noun) monument
an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
3. (noun) repository, monument
a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
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1. (noun) monument
a structure built to remember and show respect for sb or sth
a war monument that was erected in 1975
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) monument
something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial
2. (noun) monument
a building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions
3. (noun) monument
a stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary
4. (noun) monument
a saying, deed, or example, worthy of record
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Sense: something built in memory of a person or event, eg a building, tomb etc
They erected a monument in his honour.
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 Afrikaans: monument |
 Arabic: نُصُب تِذْكاري |
 Bulgarian: монумент |
 Brazilian: monumento |
 Czech: památník |
 German: das Denkmal |
 Danish: monument |
 Greek: μνημείο |
 Spanish: monumento |
 Estonian: mälestusmärk |
 Farsi: بناى ياد بود |
 Finnish: muistomerkki |
 French: monument |
 Hebrew: אַנדַרטָה |
 Hindi: स्मारक |
 Croatian: spomenik |
 Hungarian: emlékmű; műemlék |
 Indonesian: monumen |
 Icelandic: minnisvarði |
 Italian: monumento |
 Japanese: 記念碑 |
 Korean: 기념물 |
 Lithuanian: paminklas, monumentas |
 Latvian: monuments; piemineklis |
 Malay: monumen |
 Dutch: monument |
 Norwegian: minnesmerke, monument |
 Polish: pomnik |
 Persian: بناى ياد بود |
 Pashto: د چا په ياد يوه ودانى |
 Portuguese: monumento |
 Romanian: monument |
 Russian: памятник |
 Slovak: pamätník |
 Slovenian: spomenik |
 Serbian: spomenik |
 Swedish: monument |
 Thai: อนุสาวรีย์ |
 Turkish: anıt, abide |
 Taiwanese: 紀念碑 |
 Ukrainian: пам'ятник; монумент |
 Urdu: یادگار تعمیر وغیرہ |
 Vietnamese: tượng đài |
 Chinese: 纪念碑 |
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