Definition of "monument" []

• A structure, such as a building or sculpture, erected as a memorial. (noun)
• An inscribed marker placed at a grave; a tombstone. (noun)
• Something venerated for its enduring historic significance or association with a notable past person or thing: the architectural monuments of ancient Rome; traditions that are monuments to an earlier era. (noun)
• An outstanding enduring achievement: a translation that is a monument of scholarship. (noun)
• An exceptional example: "Thousands of them wrote texts, some of them monuments of dullness” ( Robert L. Heilbroner). (noun)

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• "And as for the state to rectify the situation, to make changes to the monument is an expensive proposition."
• ""This monument is at a federal facility and is not on our purview," said Clyde Marsh, commissioner of the Alabama"
• "Called the Georgia Guidestones, the monument is a mystery — nobody knows exactly who commissioned it or why."