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monument

Pronunciation: /ˈmɑnjʊmənt/

The English word “monument” has 13 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
  2. An important site owned by the community as a whole.
  3. a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
  4. A sign of exceptional achievement.
  5. An important burial vault or tomb.
  6. Any grave marker.
  7. A legal document.
  8. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
  9. A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
  10. A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
  11. A surviving record.

verb

  1. To mark or memorialize with a monument.
  2. To place a surveyor's monument at.

Etymology

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

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