MONUMENT


Meaning of MONUMENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmän-yə-mənt ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin monumentum, literally, memorial, from monēre to remind — more at mind

Date: 13th century

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

4. archaic : an identifying mark : evidence ; also : portent , sign

5. obsolete : a carved statue : effigy

6. : a boundary or position marker (as a stone)

7. : national monument

8. : a written tribute

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.