Monument
['mɒnjʊm(ə)nt] or ['mɑnjumənt]
Definition
(noun.) an important site that is marked and preserved as public property.
Editor: Vince--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.
(n.) A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions.
(n.) A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary.
(n.) A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Memorial, testimonial, remembrancer, record.
Typist: Rachel
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See MEMORIAL]
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Definition
n. anything that preserves the memory of a person or an event a building pillar tomb &c.: a record or enduring example of anything: any distinctive mark.—v.t. to raise a monument in memory of.—adj. Monument′al of or relating to a monument or tomb: memorial: impressive: amazing.—adv. Monument′ally.
Typist: Terrence
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.
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Examples
- He was dined at the H?tel de Ville, given the Legion of Honor, and money was subscribed for a monument to mark the place near Calais where he commenced his flight. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I said a few words next in praise of Mrs. Fairlie's monument. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I confess I am anxious to see the monument over Mrs. Fairlie's grave, and to examine the ground about it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And to this day the stone remains, an illegible monument of Mr. Pickwick's greatness, and a lasting trophy to the littleness of his enemies. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If the Oceanic were placed on end beside Washington’s Monument, at the United States Capital, she would tower 150 feet above the top of the same. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I charge you, when you next look on your father's monument, to respect the name chiselled there. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She went to Waterloo and to Laeken, where George Osborne's monument much struck her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This insight into the values of human life, partial though it be, is what constitutes the abiding monument of Plato's genius. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He was as high as the monument when he was on trial at our place. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He had to dodge after all, to coast round the church, and finally to bend his tall form behind the Wynnes' ambitious monument. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Also referred to Patience on Monument. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The 'Utopia' of Sir Thomas More is a surprising monument of his genius, and shows a reach of thought far beyond his contemporaries. Plato. The Republic.
- I will write and leave in this most ancient city, this world's sole monument, a record of these things. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The list of Mr. Edison's patents (see Appendices) is not only a monument to his life's work, but serves to show what subjects he has worked on from year to year since 1868. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It will fall through the east window full on the Helstone monument. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She is represented upon her monuments in masculine garb, and with a long beard as a symbol of wisdom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It appears to have been unknown to the Assyrians and Egyptians, or if known, its knowledge confined to their wise men, as it does not appear in any of their monuments. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Let her plant Medicis and build grand monuments over them to testify how gratefully she was wont to lick the hand that scourged her. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Being rather isolated, it shows to better advantage than any other of the monuments of ancient Rome. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- For behold in them is no reverence for the solemn monuments of the past, and whithersoever they go they destroy and spare not. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Closely related to the railroad, however, is bridge building, and many of these noble structures hang between heaven and earth, conspicuous monuments of the engineer’s skill. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Granite supplies the most durable materials for building, as many of the ancient Egyptian monuments testify. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They were great builders, and left many monuments and inscriptions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The splendid epochs will be interpreted as monuments of man's creation, not of his propulsion. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He went about Egypt looking at temples and monuments and gathering information. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The great works of the ancients are in the main mere monuments of the patient manual labor of myriads of workers, and can only rank with the buildings of the diatom and coral insect. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In the midst of this appalling ruin of the monuments of man's power, nature asserted her ascendancy, and shone more beauteous from the contrast. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- With all the helps which written monuments afford, we do but faintly realize the condition of man two thousand or three thousand years ago. Plato. The Republic.
- In it lie the body of Canova and the heart of Titian, under magnificent monuments. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Many of the sky-scrapers so called, are splendid monuments of the latest inventions of the century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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