- monument (to somebody/something) a building, column, statue, etc. built to remind people of a famous person or event
- A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral.
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyb2, Buildingsb2- Monuments to the former leader were all pulled down.
- The monument will stand just inside the cathedral.
- The museum was built as a lasting monument to the civil war.
- The tower stands as a monument to the invasion of the island.
- monuments of the army's past campaigns
- The new boat is a fitting monument to the crew members who lost their lives.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ancient
- historic
- historical
- …
- stand as
- commission
- build
- …
- be
- stand
- as a monument
- monument of
- monument to
- …
- a building that has special historical importance
- an ancient monument
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyb2, Buildingsb2- Some of the town's Roman monuments still survive.
- the best preserved Roman monument in Britain
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ancient
- historic
- historical
- …
- stand as
- commission
- build
- …
- be
- stand
- as a monument
- monument of
- monument to
- …
- monument to something a thing that remains as a good example of somebody’s qualities or of what they did
- These recordings are a monument to his talent as a pianist.
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a burial place): via French from Latin monumentum, from monere ‘remind’.
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