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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This Midcentury Hollywood motel may soon become a historic monument — a first in Los Angeles.
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Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
At some point, the batteries aboard each 47-year-old spacecraft will finally die, rendering the scientific probes into interstellar monuments to themselves.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2025
National recreation areas, monuments and historic sites were also hit, including Whiskeytown (10), San Francisco's Golden Gate park (10) and San Diego's Cabrillo National Monument (1).
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
These days, monuments and memorials help visitors learn about this history (which was depicted in the novel and film The Bridge on the River Kwai).
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 2 Mar. 2025
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Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
At some point, the batteries aboard each 47-year-old spacecraft will finally die, rendering the scientific probes into interstellar monuments to themselves.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2025
National recreation areas, monuments and historic sites were also hit, including Whiskeytown (10), San Francisco's Golden Gate park (10) and San Diego's Cabrillo National Monument (1).
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
These days, monuments and memorials help visitors learn about this history (which was depicted in the novel and film The Bridge on the River Kwai).
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 2 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 12 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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