Monument
noun
A structure or building that is built to honor a special person or event.
The Statue of Liberty is a famous monument in the United States.
Often appears as...
- national monument
- historical monument
noun
Something lasting or notable that someone has achieved.
Her research work on genetics is a monument to her dedication and hard work.
Often appears as...
- monument to patience
- monument to virtue
noun
An old building or place that is important historically.
The ancient ruins are now protected as a historical monument.
Often appears as...
- protect a monument
- declare a monument
noun
A structure or building that is built to honor a special person or event.
The Statue of Liberty is a famous monument in the United States.
Often appears as...
- national monument
- historical monument
noun
Something lasting or notable that someone has achieved.
Her research work on genetics is a monument to her dedication and hard work.
Often appears as...
- monument to patience
- monument to virtue
noun
An old building or place that is important historically.
The ancient ruins are now protected as a historical monument.
Often appears as...
- protect a monument
- declare a monument
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Presence
Monuments are often large and instantly recognizable in a location.
The Eiffel Tower is an iconic monument in Paris.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Significance
Monuments carry cultural or historical importance for a community or nation.
The Great Wall of China is a monument of historical significance.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbolic Representation
A monument represents values or memories associated with the person or event it honors.
The Lincoln Memorial is a monument symbolizing freedom and equality.
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The secret messages of...
With their steely navigational skills, advanced long-ships and fearsome tactics, the Vikings sustained their seafaring for over three hundred years. But for all their might, they left few monuments. Instead, fragments of stone, bark, and bone provide the keys to their culture.
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The Evolution of Ancient...
That's where the body of a king is going to rest in eternity. So you've gone to all this trouble to create this incredible monument around the body of that person. It's pretty amazing. To house his mummy, huge chunks of granite were slid down a passage into the shaft
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The incredible history...
that would help him achieve immortality. And as early as the first year of his reign, he began the construction of a massive underground necropolis filled with monuments, artifacts, and an army to accompany him into the next world and continue his rule.
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Ancient Astronaut Theory...
question is why why did the ancients construct such huge buildings to observe the skies when they didn't have to it's hard for me to understand why you build a gigantic monument out of stones that's the hard way to do it and I don't think
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Ancient Egypt 101 PIPE...
pictorial characters it was used to inscribe monuments and pottery and predominantly served a decorative or ceremonial purpose soon after another ancient form of writing called hieratic developed out of the hieroglyphic system
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The Impossible Bridge PIPE...
proposals requires building the largest arch bridge in the world I think you don't really get an idea of the magnitude of this arch you might get it from the ship going underneath but it really is big it would be a monument of
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Where Did the Easter...
investigations made it clear that large teams of people were needed and that implied that there must have been at one time a flourishing and coherent community who would work together to create these astonishing monuments
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On being wrong PIPE Kathryn...
about the world around us, and then the world turns around and astonishes us. No offense, but this entire conference is an unbelievable monument to our capacity to get stuff wrong. We just spent an entire week
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What is international...
wealthy countries to come in and do it for them for example Turkmenistan has paid two billion dollars to a French contracting firm to build monuments and roads and bridges and a giant artificial lake in
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Sarah Kurnick: "Aliens...
who deface these monuments? Should they be praised for helping debunk myths of white supremacy? Or should they be punished for vigilantism and lawlessness? What do we make of scenes like this? For me,
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The secret messages of...
With their steely navigational skills, advanced long-ships and fearsome tactics, the Vikings sustained their seafaring for over three hundred years. But for all their might, they left few monuments. Instead, fragments of stone, bark, and bone provide the keys to their culture.
Video examples
The Evolution of Ancient...
That's where the body of a king is going to rest in eternity. So you've gone to all this trouble to create this incredible monument around the body of that person. It's pretty amazing. To house his mummy, huge chunks of granite were slid down a passage into the shaft
Video examples
The incredible history...
that would help him achieve immortality. And as early as the first year of his reign, he began the construction of a massive underground necropolis filled with monuments, artifacts, and an army to accompany him into the next world and continue his rule.
Video examples
Ancient Astronaut Theory...
question is why why did the ancients construct such huge buildings to observe the skies when they didn't have to it's hard for me to understand why you build a gigantic monument out of stones that's the hard way to do it and I don't think
Video examples
Ancient Egypt 101 PIPE...
pictorial characters it was used to inscribe monuments and pottery and predominantly served a decorative or ceremonial purpose soon after another ancient form of writing called hieratic developed out of the hieroglyphic system
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The Impossible Bridge PIPE...
proposals requires building the largest arch bridge in the world I think you don't really get an idea of the magnitude of this arch you might get it from the ship going underneath but it really is big it would be a monument of
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Where Did the Easter...
investigations made it clear that large teams of people were needed and that implied that there must have been at one time a flourishing and coherent community who would work together to create these astonishing monuments
Video examples
On being wrong PIPE Kathryn...
about the world around us, and then the world turns around and astonishes us. No offense, but this entire conference is an unbelievable monument to our capacity to get stuff wrong. We just spent an entire week
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What is international...
wealthy countries to come in and do it for them for example Turkmenistan has paid two billion dollars to a French contracting firm to build monuments and roads and bridges and a giant artificial lake in
Video examples
Sarah Kurnick: "Aliens...
who deface these monuments? Should they be praised for helping debunk myths of white supremacy? Or should they be punished for vigilantism and lawlessness? What do we make of scenes like this? For me,
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Luka Modric
Croatian Athlete
Madrid is a big and beautiful city with great parks where I like to walk. There are a lot of squares and museums, historic monuments. But I'm more a home guy; I feel most comfortable there with my wife and kids. We play, watch cartoons, like all families do.
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Joe Green
American Businessman
Facebook is developing, and so are we. Timeline is a big step in the evolution of how we manage our identity online - and it's going to make a huge difference to Causes. You are building a monument to yourself and the things that are important to you.
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Bill Shorten
Australian Politician
Labor should not be about creating monuments on hills or statues in parks. Labor's monuments and statues are when a young person can find a job, when a person with disability can get access to the ordinary life that others take for granted.
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Dan Donovan
American Politician
Ensuring the safety and security of our monuments and infrastructure is critical to protecting our communities and the American people.
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Shaquille O'Neal
American Athlete
Because I'm so big, you have to look at me. I think of myself as a monument. But sometimes I like to feel small.
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Kin Hubbard
American Journalist
Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.
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Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed... a race for rent.
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Tyrone Power
American Actor
I've done an awful lot of stuff that's a monument to public patience.
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Frank Wedekind
German Playwright
Monuments are for the living, not the dead.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
American Novelist
Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.
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Luka Modric
Croatian Athlete
Madrid is a big and beautiful city with great parks where I like to walk. There are a lot of squares and museums, historic monuments. But I'm more a home guy; I feel most comfortable there with my wife and kids. We play, watch cartoons, like all families do.
Quote examples
Joe Green
American Businessman
Facebook is developing, and so are we. Timeline is a big step in the evolution of how we manage our identity online - and it's going to make a huge difference to Causes. You are building a monument to yourself and the things that are important to you.
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Bill Shorten
Australian Politician
Labor should not be about creating monuments on hills or statues in parks. Labor's monuments and statues are when a young person can find a job, when a person with disability can get access to the ordinary life that others take for granted.
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Dan Donovan
American Politician
Ensuring the safety and security of our monuments and infrastructure is critical to protecting our communities and the American people.
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Shaquille O'Neal
American Athlete
Because I'm so big, you have to look at me. I think of myself as a monument. But sometimes I like to feel small.
Quote examples
Kin Hubbard
American Journalist
Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.
Quote examples
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed... a race for rent.
Quote examples
Tyrone Power
American Actor
I've done an awful lot of stuff that's a monument to public patience.
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Frank Wedekind
German Playwright
Monuments are for the living, not the dead.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
American Novelist
Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.
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