monument
pronunciation
How to pronounce monument in British English:
UK [ˈmɒnjumənt]
How to pronounce monument in American English:
US [ˈmɑːnjumənt]
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- Noun:
- a structure erected to commemorate persons or events
- an important site that is marked and preserved as public property
- a burial vault (usually for some famous person)
Word Origin
- monument
- monument: see monster
- monument (n.)
- late 13c., "a sepulchre," from Old French monument "grave, tomb, monument," and directly from Latin monumentum "a monument, memorial structure, statue; votive offering; tomb; memorial record," literally "something that reminds," from monere "to remind, warn" (see monitor (n.)). Sense of "structure or edifice to commemorate a notable person, action, or event" first attested c. 1600.
Example
- 1. This book is a monument to human curiosity and reason .
- 2. Death valley national monument was designated a biosphere reserve in 1984 .
- 3. I arrived at white sand national monument before dawn .
- 4. The memorial is now the most visited monument in the capital .
- 5. He also claims that it was jesus himself who ordered him in a dream to erect the monument .