monument

mon·u·ment  (mny-mnt)

n.

1. A structure, such as a building or sculpture, erected as a memorial.

2. An inscribed marker placed at a grave; a tombstone.

3. Something venerated for its enduring historic significance or association with a notable past person or thing: the architectural monuments of ancient Rome; traditions that are monuments to an earlier era.

4.

a. An outstanding enduring achievement: a translation that is a monument of scholarship.

b. An exceptional example: "Thousands of them wrote texts, some of them monuments of dullness" (Robert L. Heilbroner).

5. An object, such as a post or stone, fixed in the ground so as to mark a boundary or position.

6. A written document, especially a legal one.

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[Middle English, from Latin monumentum, memorial, from monre, to remind; see men-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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monument [ˈmɒnjʊmənt]

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) an obelisk, statue, building, etc., erected in commemoration of a person or event or in celebration of something

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a notable building or site, esp one preserved as public property

3. a tomb or tombstone

4. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a literary or artistic work regarded as commemorative of its creator or a particular period

5. US a boundary marker

6. an exceptional example his lecture was a monument of tedium

7. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) an obsolete word for statue

[from Latin monumentum, from monēre to remind, advise]

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Monument [ˈmɒnjʊmənt]

n

(Placenames / Named Buildings) the. 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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	monument - a structure erected to commemorate persons or events memorial memorial tablet, plaque, brass - a memorial made of brass cenotaph, empty tomb - a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered gravestone, tombstone, headstone - a stone that is used to mark a grave megalith, megalithic structure - memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe) national monument - memorial consisting of a structure or natural landmark of historic interest; set aside by national government for preservation and public enjoyment pantheon - a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Seven Wonders of the World - impressive monuments created in the ancient world that were regarded with awe structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" triumphal arch - a monumental archway; usually they are built to commemorate some notable victory
	2.	monument - an important site that is marked and preserved as public property market cross - a cross-shaped monument set up in the marketplace of a town where public business is often conducted land site, site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"
	3.	monument - a burial vault (usually for some famous person) repository burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture - a chamber that is used as a grave

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monument

noun

1. memorial, cairn, statue, pillar, marker, shrine, tombstone, mausoleum, commemoration, headstone, gravestone, obelisk, cenotaph He laid a wreath on a monument near Bayeux.

2. testament, record, witness, token, reminder, remembrance, memento By his achievements he leaves a fitting monument to his beliefs. see buildings and other monuments

Quotations
"If you seek a monument, look around (Si monumentum requiris, circumspice)" [son of Sir Christopher Wren Inscription in St. Paul's Cathedral]

Translations

monument [ˈmɒnjʊmənt] N → monumento m (to a)

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monument [ˈmɒnjʊmənt] n

(= building) → monument m

(= memorial) a monument to sb → un monument à la mémoire de qn
a monument to sth → un monument à qch

to be a monument to sth (= concrete expression of) → être un monument de qch

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monument

n → Denkmal nt; (big also) → Monument nt; (small, on grave etc) → Gedenkstein m; (fig) → Zeugnis nt (→ to +gen); his great trilogy survives as a monument to his talent → seine große Trilogie legt Zeugnis von seinem Talent ab

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monument [ˈmɒnjʊmənt] n → monumento

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monument [ˈmɒnjʊmənt] n → monumento

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monument

n monument [ˈmonjumənt]

something built in memory of a person or event, eg a building, tomb etc They erected a monument in his honour. monument نُصُب تِذْكاري монумент památník monument das Denkmal μνημείο monumento mälestusmärk بناى ياد بود muistomerkki monument אַנדַרטָה स्मारक spomenik emlékmű; műemlék monumen minnisvarði monumento 記念碑 기념물 paminklas, monumentas monuments; piemineklis monumen monument minnesmerke, monument pomnik monumento monument памятник pamätník spomenik spomenik monument อนุสาวรีย์ anıt, abide 紀念碑 пам'ятник; монумент یادگار تعمیر وغیرہ tượng đài 纪念碑

adj monuˈmental [-ˈmen-]

of great size or scale a monumental achievement. monumentaal ضَخْم ، بارِز، هام монументален velkolepý monumental gewaltig μνημειώδης monumental tohutu بسیار بزرگ valtava monumental עָצוּם बृहत monumentalan hatalmas besar sekali gífurlegur monumentale, enorme 非常に大きな 엄청나게 큰 didingas, monumentalus monumentāls, milzīgs, grandiozs besar sekali kolossaal monumental, storslått monumentalny monumental mo­nu­mental колоссальный veľkolepý mogočen monumentalan monumental ยิ่งใหญ่ anıtsal 巨大的 монументальний غظیم، شاندار đồ sộ 巨大的

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monument → مبنى نُصُب تذكاري monument monument Monument μνημείο monumento muistomerkki monument spomenik monumento 記念碑 기념비 monument monument pomnik monumento монумент monument อนุเสาวรีย์ anıt đài kỷ niệm 纪念碑