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Definitions for Monument

[1] something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue: the Washington Monument.
[2] any building, megalith, etc., surviving from a past age, and regarded as of historical or archaeological importance.
[3] any enduring evidence or notable example of something: a monument to human ingenuity.
[4] an exemplar, model, or personification of some abstract quality, especially when considered to be beyond question: a monument of middle-class respectability.
[5] an area or a site of interest to the public for its historical significance, great natural beauty, etc., preserved and maintained by a government.
[6] a written tribute to a person, especially a posthumous one.
[7] Surveying . an object, as a stone shaft, set in the ground to mark the boundaries of real estate or to mark a survey station.
[8] a person considered as a heroic figure or of heroic proportions: He became a monument in his lifetime.
[9] Obsolete . a tomb; sepulcher. a statue.
[10] to build a monument or monuments to; commemorate: to monument the nation's war dead.
[11] to build a monument on: to monument a famous site.
[12] an obelisk, statue, building, etc, erected in commemoration of a person or event or in celebration of something
[13] a notable building or site, esp one preserved as public property
[14] a tomb or tombstone
[15] a literary or artistic work regarded as commemorative of its creator or a particular period
[16] US a boundary marker
[17] an exceptional example his lecture was a monument of tedium
[18] an obsolete word for statue
[19] the Monument a tall columnar building designed (1671) by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate the Fire of London (1666), which destroyed a large part of the medieval city

Words related to Monument

stone, tablet, masterpiece, slab, pillar, testament, shrine, tombstone, statue, tomb, headstone, tribute, mausoleum, gravestone, marker, stele, monolith, record, column, ledger

Words nearby Monument

montreux, montrose, montserrat, montville, monty python, monument, monumental, monumentalize, monuron, mony, monza

Origin of Monument

1250–1300; Middle English < Latin monumentum, equivalent to mon- (stem of monēre to remind, warn) + -u- (variant of -i- -i- before labials) + -mentum -ment

Other words from Monument

mon·u·ment·less , adjective
un·mon·u·ment·ed , adjective

Word origin for Monument

C13: from Latin monumentum, from monēre to remind, advise

Synonyms for Monument

gravestone, headstone, marker, masterpiece, mausoleum, pillar, shrine, slab, statue, stele, stone, tablet, testament, tomb, tombstone, tribute, cairn, cenotaph, column, commemoration, erection, ledger, memento, monolith, obelisk, pile, record, reminder, token, tower, witness, footstone, magnum opus