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- Dictionarymon·u·ment/ˈmänyəm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. a statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a famous or notable person or event: "a simple stone monument marked the nearby crash site" Similar
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MONUMENT definition: 1. a structure or building that is built to honour a special person or event: 2. an old building…. Learn more.
The meaning of MONUMENT is a burial vault : sepulchre. How to use monument in a sentence.
A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical, political, technical or architectural importance. [1] .
Monument definition: something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue. See examples of MONUMENT used in a sentence.
A monument is a statue or other sculpture meant to honor a great person, like the Lincoln Monument or Washington Monument. You can find monuments in the downtown area of most cities.
1. something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue. 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.
MONUMENT meaning: 1. a structure or building that is built to honour a special person or event: 2. an old building…. Learn more.
MONUMENT meaning: 1 : a building, statue, etc., that honors a person or event often + to; 2 : a building or place that is important because of when it was built or because of something in history that happened there.
monument (to somebody/something) a building, column, statue, etc. built to remind people of a famous person or event. A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral. Monuments to the former leader were all pulled down. The museum was built as a lasting monument to the civil war.
a building or other structure that is built to make people remember an event in history or a famous person: a national monument. They built the statue as a monument to all the soldiers who died. monument noun [C] (OLD PLACE) B1. an old building or place that is important in history: an ancient monument.
