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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarymon·u·ment \ˈmän-yə-mənt\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin monumentum, literally, memorial, from monēre to remind — more at mind DATE 13th century1. obsolete : a burial vault : sepulchre2. a written legal document or record : treatise3. a. (1) a lasting evidence, reminder, or example of someone or something notable or great (2) a distinguished person b. a memorial stone or a building erected in remembrance of a person or event4. archaic : an identifying mark : evidence; also : portent, sign5. obsolete : a carved statue : effigy6. a boundary or position marker (as a stone)7. national monument8. a written tributeEnglish Etymologymonument 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.Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7monumentmonu·ment / 5mCnjumEnt; NAmE 5mB:n- / noun1. ~ (to sb / sth) a building, column, statue, etc. built to remind people of a famous person or event 纪念碑(或馆、堂、像等): A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral. 在圣保罗大教堂为他修了一座纪念碑。 2. a building that has special historical importance 历史遗迹；有历史价值的建筑: an ancient monument 古迹 3. ~ to sth a thing that remains as a good example of sb's qualities or of what they did 丰碑；永久的典范: These recordings are a monument to his talent as a pianist. 这些录音是展现他钢琴家才华的不朽之作。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishmonument noun ADJ. ancient, historic | national, public | great | famous | fitting The new boat is a fitting monument to the crew members who lost their lives. | lasting The museum was built as a lasting monument to the civil war. VERB + MONUMENT stand as The tower stands as a monument to the invasion of the island. | commission A monument has been commissioned in his memory. | build, erect, put up, set up | unveil | conserve, preserve, protect the best preserved Roman monument in Britain | destroy, pull down Monuments to the former leader were all pulled down. MONUMENT + VERB be, stand The monument will stand just inside the cathedral. | survive Some of the town's Roman monuments still survive. PREP. as a ~ | ~ of monuments of the army's past campaigns | ~ to The statue was built as a monument to victims of the war. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedmon·u·mentI. \ˈmänyəmənt\ noun(-s)Etymology: Middle English, from Latin monumentum, monimentum, from monēre to remind + -mentum -ment — more at mind1. obsolete : a burial vault : sepulcher < her body sleeps in Capel's monument, and her immortal part with angels lives — Shakespeare >2. archaic : a written legal document or record : treatise < the critical study of the monuments of Roman and feudal law — Mark Pattison >3. a. : something that by surviving represents or testifies to the greatness or achievement especially of an individual or an age < visible monuments to the early struggles of the pioneers … are the old forts — American Guide Series: Maine > < the circular world map drawn on a single skein of vellum … is one of the great cartographic monuments — British Book News > < whose life work was a monument to pure science — H.J.Muller > b. (1) : a conspicuous instance : a notable example < the great Connecticut dictionary stood as a monument of New England learning — Van Wyck Brooks > < that speech … was a model, or rather a monument, of beautiful English utterance — George Sampson > < that monument of dignity would never connive at anything — Margery Allingham > (2) : one of unusual prominence : a distinguished figure < the answer must be sought in the period before the man became a monument — G.W.Johnson > < made himself into a monument within his own lifetime — Walter Millis >4. : a structure (as a pillar, stone, or building) erected or maintained in memory of the dead or to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, or action < the Lincoln Memorial is a monument to a great president > < monuments celebrating the victories of war — R.B.Fosdick > < the first monument in Italy to depict Christ as a worker — Time >5. archaic : an identifying mark : evidence; also : portent, sign < gaze … as if they saw some wondrous monument, some comet or unusual prodigy — Shakespeare >6. obsolete : a carved statue : effigy < if the quick fire of youth light not your mind, you are no maiden but a monument — Shakespeare >7. : a natural or artificial but permanent object serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary (as a lake, stream, blazed tree, iron pin)8. : a natural feature (as a mountain or canyon) or an area of special historic or scientific interest (as a battle site or fossil remains) that is set aside by a local or national government as public property9. : a rock pinnacle or column resulting from erosion and resembling a man-made monument — compare hoodoo10. : a written tribute : testimonial < a model of appreciative biography, a charming monument to a great man — T.F.Hamlin >II. \-ˌment, -_mənt — see -ment II\ transitive verb(ed/-ing/-s)1. : to erect a monument to : signalize the memory of :commemorate2. : to place or set up monuments on < erected chapels and altars there, and monumented the places of sacred scenes and associations — Hezekiah Butterworth >3. : to mark with monuments in surveying < in locating, monumenting, and mapping the boundary, extensive use has been made of the geodetic maps of North America — U.S. Daily >

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