MONUMENT


Meaning of MONUMENT in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ ancient , historic , historical

▪ national , public

▪ great , important , major

▪ famous

▪ fitting

The new boat is a fitting ~ to the crew members who lost their lives.

▪ lasting

The museum was built as a lasting ~ to the civil war.

▪ funerary

▪ architectural

▪ religious

▪ granite , stone , etc.

VERB + MONUMENT

▪ stand as

The tower stands as a ~ to the invasion of the island.

▪ commission

A ~ has been commissioned in his memory.

▪ build , construct , create , erect , put up

▪ unveil

▪ preserve , protect

the best preserved Roman ~ in Britain

▪ destroy , remove

Monuments to the former ruler were all removed.

MONUMENT + VERB

▪ be , stand

The ~ will stand just inside the cathedral.

PREPOSITION

▪ as a ~

▪ ~ of

~s of the army's past campaigns

▪ ~ to

The statue was built as a ~ to victims of the war.

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