monument.
A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
Meaning & usage
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.
An important site owned by the community as a whole.
a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
A sign of exceptional achievement.
An important burial vault or tomb.
Any grave marker.
A legal document.
A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
A surviving record.
Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial, monument, tomb”), from monēre (“to remind”). Partially displaced Old English bēacn.
To mark or memorialize with a monument.
To place a surveyor's monument at.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial, monument, tomb”), from monēre (“to remind”). Partially displaced Old English bēacn.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.