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monument

noun
/ˈmɑnjʊmənt/US/ˈmɒnjʊmənt/UK

Etymology

From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial, monument, tomb”), from monēre (“to remind”).

  1. derived from monumentum
  2. derived from monument
  3. inherited from monument

Definitions

  1. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial

    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. a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy…

    a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.

  4. ›+ 13 more definitions

    1. A sign of exceptional achievement.

      • The cab pulled up in front of a tumbledown cheap ‘villa’ in an unfinished cheap neighbourhood, — the whole place a living monument of the defeat of the speculative builder.
      • The line became a monument to his drive and imagination — and a hard training course for the future chief of the Great Central.

    2. An important burial vault or tomb.

    3. Any grave marker.

    4. A legal document.

    5. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).

    6. A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.

    7. A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.

    8. A surviving record.

      • This linguistic fragment, rough as it may appear, is of the highest interest; for it is the first written monument of the French language, eleven hundred years old.
      • Czech was long used as a written language also by the Slovaks; the earliest existing Slovak monument is the Žilina Town Book from the late 15ᵗʰ century

    9. Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).

    10. To mark or memorialize with a monument.

    11. To place a surveyor's monument at.

      • Enter the year the marker was monumented. If the year cannot be determined , enter " UNK " .
      • Having chosen and monumented the initial point, the surveyor established the "principal meridian" by traversing north and south from the initial point.
      • The first-order network is usually monumented on the roofs of buildings; ground stations are used only in suburban districts.

    12. A place in the United States

      A place in the United States:

    13. Any of the five most prestigious men's one-day road cycling races

      Any of the five most prestigious men's one-day road cycling races: Milan–San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix, Liege–Bastogne–Liege and Giro di Lombardia.

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Derived

ancient monument, megamonument, Monument Hills, monumentless, monumentlike, monumentous, monument plant, monument sign, Monument Valley, national monument, natural monument, remonumentation, survey monument

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at monument. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at monument. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at monument

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA