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Monument

//ˈmɑnjʊmənt// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A place in the United States:; A town in El Paso County, Colorado.
  2. 2
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Logan County, Kansas.
  3. 3
    A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Lea County, New Mexico.
  4. 4
    A place in the United States:; A minor city in Grant County, Oregon.
  5. 5
    A place in the United States:; A census-designated place in Liberty Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    Any of the five most prestigious men's one-day road cycling races: Milan–San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix, Liege–Bastogne–Liege and Giro di Lombardia.
  3. 3
    a structure erected to commemorate persons or events wordnet
  4. 4
    An important site owned by the community as a whole.
  5. 5
    a burial vault (usually for some famous person) wordnet
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  1. 6
    a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection. British
  2. 7
    an important site that is marked and preserved as public property wordnet
  3. 8
    A sign of exceptional achievement.

    "The cab pulled up in front of a tumbledown cheap ‘villa’ in an unfinished cheap neighbourhood, — the whole place a living monument of the defeat of the speculative builder."

  4. 9
    An important burial vault or tomb.
  5. 10
    Any grave marker.
  6. 11
    A legal document.
  7. 12
    A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
  8. 13
    A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
  9. 14
    A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
  10. 15
    A surviving record.

    "This linguistic fragment, rough as it may appear, is of the highest interest; for it is the first written monument of the French language, eleven hundred years old."

  11. 16
    Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”). alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    To mark or memorialize with a monument. transitive
  2. 2
    To place a surveyor's monument at. transitive

    "Enter the year the marker was monumented. If the year cannot be determined , enter " UNK " ."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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