memorial
pronunciation
How to pronounce memorial in British English:
UK [məˈmɔːriəl]
How to pronounce memorial in American English:
US [məˈmɔːriəl]
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- Noun:
- a recognition of meritorious service
- a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority
- a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
Word Origin
- memorial (adj.)
- late 14c., "memorable, excellent; remembered, committed to memory," from Old French memorial "mindful of, remembering," from Latin memorialis (adj.) "of or belonging to memory," from memoria "memory" (see memory).
- memorial (n.)
- late 14c., "fame, renown, reputation," also "commemorative gesture, monument, or rite;" in general, "something by which the memory of a person, thing, or event is preserved," from Old French memorial "record, report," and directly from Late Latin memoriale "a memorial," noun use of neuter of Latin memorialis (adj.) "of or belonging to memory," from memoria "memory" (see memory). Meaning "memorial act, commemoration" is from mid-15c.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Outside the church , a memorial depicts a miner kneelingbefore the virgin mary .
- 2. Security at the memorial will be tight .
- 3. Mr. obama said details of the memorial would be worked out over the next several days .
- 4. For me , I prefer to have an extraordinary woman begins her extraordinary life memorial .
- 5. The 2007 assault that nearly shut down estonia 's digital infrastructure was blamed on russian ire over the moving of a soviet war memorial .