monument
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From Latin monumentum (“memorial”), from monēre (“to remind”)
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monument (plural monuments)
- 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.
- An important site owned by the community as a whole.
- An exceptional or proud achievement.
- An important burial vault or tomb.
- A legal document.
- A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
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a structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons
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an important site owned by the community as a whole
an exceptionally or prideful achievement
an important burial vault
a legal document
[edit] External links
- monument in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- monument in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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From Latin monumentum.
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monument m. (plural monuments)
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monument n. (??? please provide the plural!, ??? please provide the diminutive!)
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From Latin monumentum.
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monument m. (plural monuments)
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