noun

monument

MON-yuu-muhnt

noun

A structure, statue, or building built to honour and remember a person or event.

"Tourists lined up to photograph the war monument in the town square."

"The city erected a monument to the founders of the university."

verb

To mark or commemorate something with a monument.

"The battlefield was monumented decades later with a bronze plaque."

How to Use Monument

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishSomething built, usually in stone or metal, to keep a person or event in public memory.

Common pairings

erect a monument a monument to national monument ancient monument

monumented past tense, Monuments plural, monuments singular

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Tourists lined up to photograph the war _____ in the town square.

From Old French monument, from Latin monumentum ("a reminder, memorial"), from monere ("to remind, warn") — the same root behind "admonish."

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