monument

Pluralmonuments

Formsmonuments, monumenting, monumented

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A building or statue made to honor a person or event.

   Like a special statue that helps people remember something important.

   The town built a monument to honor soldiers who died in the war.

   We visited a famous monument in the city center.

   Similarmemorial

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   A special public place that belongs to everyone in a country or area.

   Like a big park that belongs to everyone, not just one person.

   The waterfall became a national monument open to all visitors.

   The canyon is a public monument owned by the whole nation.

   Similarlandmark

3. 3
   nouncountable

   Something that stands as proof of a great success or effort.

   Like a gold medal that shows how much someone has achieved.

   Her new book is a monument to years of hard work.

   The bridge stands as a monument to the engineers who built it.

   Similartestament, tribute

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A large grave or tomb built for an important person.

   Like a fancy stone resting place built for someone important.

   The king was buried in a grand monument outside the city.

   They opened the ancient monument to study the bones inside.

   Similartomb, mausoleum

5. 5
   nouncountable

   A stone that marks where someone is buried.

   Like a name sign that shows where a person rests.

   We cleaned the moss off the old monument in the graveyard.

   Each grave had a small stone monument with a name on it.

   Similarheadstone, gravestone, tombstone

6. 6
   nounBritishcountable

   A protected old site or building that is officially listed as historic.

   Like an old building the law protects so no one can knock it down.

   The stone circle was listed as a protected monument by the government.

   You need permission to dig near a scheduled monument.

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7. 7
   nouncountable

   A record from the past that has survived to today.

   These old letters are a rare monument of the town's early history.

   The diary is a monument of daily life during the war.

   Similarrecord, testament

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8. 8
   nouncountable

   A fixed marker that surveyors use to mark an exact spot of land.

   Like a fixed peg in the ground that always shows the same exact spot.

   The surveyor set a metal monument at the corner of the property.

   We found the old monument that marks the edge of the farm.

   Similarmarker

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   nouncountable

   A natural or man-made object that people use to find their way or measure from.

   Like a big tree you use to find your way back home.

   The tall rock served as a monument to guide travelers across the desert.

   Sailors used the lone tree as a monument to find the harbor.

   Similarlandmark

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10. 10
    verbtransitive

    To put up a monument to mark a place or to remember someone or something.

    Volunteers want to monument the graves of the sailors lost in the storm.

    Nobody ever monumented his grave, so it is hard to find today.

    Similarcommemorate, memorialize

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