monument

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈmɑnjʊmənt/, /ˈmɑnjəmənt/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈmɒnjʊmənt/

Noun

monument (plural monuments)

1. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.

   There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.

2. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
3. An exceptional or proud achievement.
4. An important burial vault or tomb.
5. A legal document.
6. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
7. A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.

Related terms

• monumental
• monumentally

Translations

• French: monument, mémorial
• German: Denkmal, Monument
• Italian: monumento
• Portuguese: monumento
• Russian: па́мятник
• Spanish: monumento

Verb

monument (monuments, present participle monumenting; past and past participle monumented)

1. (transitive) To mark or memorialize with a monument.

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