[n. mon-yuh-muh
nt; v. mon-yuh-ment] 
| 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, esp. 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, esp. 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. |
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| 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. |