monument

[US]/ˈmɒnjumənt/
[UK]/ˈmɑːnjumənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a structure, such as a statue or building, erected to commemorate a person or event; a historical landmark

vt. to erect a monument in honor of

Phrases & Collocations

historic monument

national monument

washington monument

china millennium monument

Example Sentences

the Monument to the People's Heroes

a translation that is a monument of scholarship.

situate a monument on the hillside

uprear a monument in stone

There is a massive monument in the square.

the monument leant at a crazy angle.

rear a monument to a person's memory

the monument was saved from demolition.

the apartment block was an architectural monument to a phallocentric world.

raising a monument to the war dead.

amazed by the size of the monument's base.

monuments of surpassing splendor.

This monument commemorates our victory.

His actions are a monument to foolishness.

The monument bears the mark of age.

A monument was set up as a memorial to the dead soldiers.

The monument was unveiled with great solemnity.

the National Monument built as a memorial to those who fell in the Napoleonic wars.

the amphitheatre is one of the many Greek monuments in Sicily.

recordings that are a monument to the art of playing the piano.

Real-world Examples

They're inside you building a monument to compromise!

Source: Rick and Morty Season 1 (Bilingual)

Some sculptures are life-size others are gigantic monuments.

Source: Foreigners traveling in China

He loved the monuments and the fall colors.

Source: Airborne English: Everyone speaks English.

Carnegie begins building public monuments across the country.

Source: Legend of American Business Tycoons

This city has many monuments and memorials.

Source: VOA Let's Learn English (Level 1)

But for all their might, they left few monuments.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Phillips worked for the company that was repairing the monument.

Source: VOA Special August 2020 Collection

The monument is a famous structure in town.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

I like to come here in autumn and see the monuments.

Source: Airborne English: Everyone speaks English.

Laika the dog has a monument in her honor in Moscow.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds March 2018 Compilation

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