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memorial

USmuh-MOR-ee-uhl/məˈmɔːɹi.əl/

Pluralmemorials

9 meanings of memorial

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    An object, statue, or building that helps people remember a person or event.

    Like a special sign people make so they always remember someone.

    The town built a memorial for the soldiers who died in the war.

    Visitors left flowers at the memorial every year on the anniversary.

    Similarmonument, shrine

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Made to help people remember a person or event.

    They held a memorial service for the victims of the crash.

    The school planted a memorial garden after the accident.

    Similarcommemorative

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  3. 3
    nouncountable
    A church service held to remember someone who has died.

    The family held a memorial for their grandmother at the church.

    Hundreds of mourners came to the memorial last Sunday.

    Similarservice, commemoration

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  4. 4
    nouncountable
    A written record of events or of a person's life.

    She wrote a memorial of her years on the farm.

    The old memorial described daily life in the village long ago.

    Similarchronicle, account, record, memoir

  5. 5
    nouncountable
    A written request that gives facts and asks someone in power to act.

    The villagers sent a memorial to the governor asking for clean water.

    Their memorial listed every complaint against the new tax.

    Similarpetition

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  6. 6
    adjective
    Held in your mind and remembered rather than written down.

    His knowledge of the old roads was purely memorial, kept only in his head.

    The whole story stayed memorial, remembered but never recorded.

Less common meanings

  1. 7
    nounarchaic
    A short written note that helps someone remember something.

    He scribbled a memorial so he would not forget the meeting.

    She left a memorial on the desk about the unpaid bill.

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  2. 8
    adjectivearchaic
    Made to help you remember something, like a rhyme or trick.

    The teacher taught a memorial rhyme to help the class remember the dates.

    This succession of Aspirate, Soft, and Hard, may be expressed by the memorial word ASH.
    1887, Walter William Skeat, Principles of English EtymologyHere, memorial means helping you remember.
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  3. 9
    nounobsolete
    The ability to remember things in your mind.
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Origin

From Late Latin memoriale. It relates to the word 'memory' plus '-ial'.