monument

Meaning

Noun

1. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
2. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
3. (British) a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
4. A sign of exceptional achievement.
5. An important burial vault or tomb.
6. Any grave marker.
7. A legal document.
8. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
9. A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
10. A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
11. A surviving record.
12. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).

Verb

1. (transitive) To mark or memorialize with a monument.
2. (transitive) To place a surveyor's monument at.

Synonyms

memorial

statue

tombstone

shrine

repository

monumental building

landmark

mark

mausoleum

megalith

memento

pyramid

rock

🪨

sight

souvenir

stonehenge

term

token

tomb

tor

tumulus

Gilead

markstone

geodetic monument

historic building

Gilad

stone marker

bier

boundary tablet

boundary stone

cairn

cenotaph

gravestone

headstone

🪦

Translations

monument

monumento

Denkmal

monumento

monumento

monument

Monument

mémorial

μνημείο

monument

abide

gedenkteken

anıt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɑnjʊmənt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: monument

In summary

From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial”), from monēre (“to remind”).

Sentences

These buildings went on to become the most modern monument of the modern city .