Etymology From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial, monument, tomb”), from monēre (“to remind”). Partially displaced Old English bēacn.
A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.
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An important site owned by the community as a whole.
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UK a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
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A sign of exceptional achievement.
The cab pulled up in front of a tumbledown cheap ‘villa’ in an unfinished cheap neighbourhood, — the whole place a living monument of the defeat of the speculative builder.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
The line became a monument to his drive and imagination — and a hard training course for the future chief of the Great Central.1961 October, “Talking of Trains: Last of the M.S.W.J.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 586:
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An important burial vault or tomb.
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Any grave marker.
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A legal document.
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A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
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A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.
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Geography, Natural sciences, Surveying A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.
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A surviving record.
This linguistic fragment, rough as it may appear, is of the highest interest; for it is the first written monument of the French language, eleven hundred years old.1896, Auguste Brachet, Paget Toynbee, A Historical Grammar of the French Language (Clarendon Press series), Clarendon Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15:
Czech was long used as a written language also by the Slovaks; the earliest existing Slovak monument is the Žilina Town Book from the late 15ᵗʰ century2018 June 11, Jared Klein, Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science [HSK]), Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN, →OCLC:
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Cycling, Hobbies, Lifestyle, SportsAlternative Alternative spelling of Monument (“prestigious one-day race”).
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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To mark or memorialize with a monument.
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To place a surveyor's monument at.
Enter the year the marker was monumented. If the year cannot be determined , enter " UNK " .1985, Input Formats and Specifications of the National Geodetic Survey Data Base, pages 3-8:
Having chosen and monumented the initial point, the surveyor established the "principal meridian" by traversing north and south from the initial point.2009, Stephen V. Estopinal, A Guide to Understanding Land Surveys, page 91:
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The first-order network is usually monumented on the roofs of buildings; ground stations are used only in suburban districts.2012, T. J. Blachut, A. Chrzanowski, J. H. Saastamoinen, Urban Surveying and Mapping, page 69:
Monument
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Cycling, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Any of the five most prestigious men's one-day road cycling races: Milan–San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix, Liege–Bastogne–Liege and Giro di Lombardia.