monument
noun
mon·u·ment
ˈmän-yə-mənt 
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
5
obsolete
: a carved statue : effigy
6
: a boundary or position marker (such as a stone)
8
: a written tribute
Examples of monument in a Sentence
They have erected a monument in his honor.
the Quakers disapproved of monuments, regarding them as idolatrous, so thousands of Nantucketers spend their eternal rest in complete anonymity
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Officials are now working to preserve the historic domes of the monument — built between 532 and 537 AD — from the threat of earthquakes.
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Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The following day, an image of a faux Mount Rushmore featuring Eminem, Paul Wall, Russ, and the late Mac Miller (the original rappers proposed to be on the fictional monument) surfaced on social media.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Under the Organic Act of 1916, NPS employees are to protect the nation’s parks and monuments while also providing for public enjoyment now and for future generations.
—Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2025
The project would consist of two monuments — each consisting of a large boulder with one or two pelican statues on top.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
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Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
The following day, an image of a faux Mount Rushmore featuring Eminem, Paul Wall, Russ, and the late Mac Miller (the original rappers proposed to be on the fictional monument) surfaced on social media.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Under the Organic Act of 1916, NPS employees are to protect the nation’s parks and monuments while also providing for public enjoyment now and for future generations.
—Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 13 Apr. 2025
The project would consist of two monuments — each consisting of a large boulder with one or two pelican statues on top.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for monument
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“Monument.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monument. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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monument
noun
mon·u·ment
ˈmän-yə-mənt
1
: something that serves as a memorial
especially
: a building, pillar, stone, or statue honoring a person or event
2
: a work, saying, or deed that lasts or that is worth preserving
the book is a monument of scholarship
3
: a boundary marker (as a stone)
4
: a place of historic interest or natural beauty set aside and maintained by the government as public property
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