monument
/ˈmɑnjʊmənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.
noun
An important site owned by the community as a whole.
noun
a registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.
British usage
noun
A sign of exceptional achievement.
noun
An important burial vault or tomb.
noun
noun
noun
A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).
Example Sentences
- "There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I."
- "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."
- "The line became a monument to his drive and imagination — and a hard training course for the future chief of the Great Central."
- "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."
- "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 century"
- "Enter the year the marker was monumented. If the year cannot be determined , enter " UNK " ."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɑnjʊmənt/
- British English: /ˈmɒnjʊmənt/
Usage
- British usage
- Transitive verb