mon·u·ment

[n. mon-yuh-muhnt; v. mon-yuh-ment]
noun
1.
something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue: the Washington Monument.
2.
any building, megalith, etc., surviving from a past age, and regarded as of historical or archaeological importance.
3.
any enduring evidence or notable example of something: a monument to human ingenuity.
4.
an exemplar, model, or personification of some abstract quality, especially when considered to be beyond question: a monument of middle-class respectability.
5.
an area or a site of interest to the public for its historical significance, great natural beauty, etc., preserved and maintained by a government.
6.
a written tribute to a person, especially a posthumous one.
7.
Surveying. an object, as a stone shaft, set in the ground to mark the boundaries of real estate or to mark a survey station.
8.
a person considered as a heroic figure or of heroic proportions: He became a monument in his lifetime.
9.
a.
Obsolete. a tomb; sepulcher.
b.
a statue.
verb (used with object)
10.
to build a monument or monuments to; commemorate: to monument the nation's war dead.
11.
to build a monument on: to monument a famous site.
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Latin monumentum, equivalent to mon- (stem of monēre to remind, warn) + -u- (variant of -i- -i- before labials) + -mentum -ment

Related forms
mon·u·ment·less, adjective
un·mon·u·ment·ed, adjective
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monument (ˈmɒnjʊmənt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  an obelisk, statue, building, etc, erected in commemoration of a person or event or in celebration of something
2.  a notable building or site, esp one preserved as public property
3.  a tomb or tombstone
4.  a literary or artistic work regarded as commemorative of its creator or a particular period
5.  (US) a boundary marker
6.  an exceptional example: his lecture was a monument of tedium
7.  an obsolete word for statue
 
[C13: from Latin monumentum, from monēre to remind, advise]

Monument (ˈmɒnjʊmənt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
the Monument a tall columnar building designed (1671) by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate the Fire of London (1666), which destroyed a large part of the medieval city

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monument
late 13c., "a sepulchre," from L. monumentum "a monument, a memorial," lit. "something that reminds," from monere "to remind, warn" (see monitor). Sense of "structure or edifice to commemorate a notable person, action, or event" first attested c.1600.
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Example sentences
Read on for an exhaustive list of the ingredients used to make this monument to
  obesity.
Visitors to the site of his laboratory will see the monument to his dogs that
  he built with his own funds.
The ruins are a protected monument and a popular tourist spot.
Asked why politicians build those monstrosities, he could only speculate that
  they wanted a monument to their regime.
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