monument
noun
mon·u·ment
ˈmän-yə-mənt 
1
obsolete
: a burial vault : sepulchre
2
: a written legal document or record : treatise
3
a(1)
: a lasting evidence, reminder, or example of someone or something notable or great
(2)
: a distinguished person
b
: a memorial stone or a building erected in remembrance of a person or event
5
obsolete
: a carved statue : effigy
6
: a boundary or position marker (such as a stone)
8
: a written tribute
Examples of monument in a Sentence
They have erected a monument in his honor.
the Quakers disapproved of monuments, regarding them as idolatrous, so thousands of Nantucketers spend their eternal rest in complete anonymity
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Thousands of trees with white and pink flowers circle the Tidal Basin and parks near some of the capital's famous monuments and memorials.
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Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
Now nobody outside the White House knows the status of the monuments, as my colleague Doug Smith reports.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
The Parma Cathedral and its baptistry are considered two of the country’s most important medieval monuments for their inclusion of both Romanesque and Gothic architecture.
—Andrew Richdale, AFAR Media, 17 Mar. 2025
But after nearly 30 years of sitting idle and rusting at a Philadelphia pier, this monument to the age of the ocean liner is now facing her final voyage—to the bottom of the ocean.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
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Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
Now nobody outside the White House knows the status of the monuments, as my colleague Doug Smith reports.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
The Parma Cathedral and its baptistry are considered two of the country’s most important medieval monuments for their inclusion of both Romanesque and Gothic architecture.
—Andrew Richdale, AFAR Media, 17 Mar. 2025
But after nearly 30 years of sitting idle and rusting at a Philadelphia pier, this monument to the age of the ocean liner is now facing her final voyage—to the bottom of the ocean.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for monument
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“Monument.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monument. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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monument
noun
mon·u·ment
ˈmän-yə-mənt
1
: something that serves as a memorial
especially
: a building, pillar, stone, or statue honoring a person or event
2
: a work, saying, or deed that lasts or that is worth preserving
the book is a monument of scholarship
3
: a boundary marker (as a stone)
4
: a place of historic interest or natural beauty set aside and maintained by the government as public property
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