monument

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Hyponyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin monumentum, “memorial” < Latin monēre, “to remind”

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• enPR: mŏn'yə-mənt
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[edit] Noun

monument (plural monuments)

1. 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.

2. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
3. An exceptionally or prideful achievement.
4. An important burial vault or tomb.
5. A legal document.
6. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).

[edit] Related terms

• monumental
• monumentally

[edit] Hyponyms

• cenotaph

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[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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monument n. (plural monumenten)

1. monument

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monument m. (plural monuments)

1. monument