Dictionary  mon•u•mentPronunciation: ( —n.mon'yu-munt; —v.mon'yu-ment"), [key] —n. 1. something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue: the Washington Monument. 2. any building, megalith, etc., surviving from a past age, and regarded as of historical or archaeological importance. 3. any enduring evidence or notable example of something: a monument to human ingenuity. 4. an exemplar, model, or personification of some abstract quality, esp. when considered to be beyond question: a monument of middle-class respectability. 5. an area or a site of interest to the public for its historical significance, great natural beauty, etc., preserved and maintained by a government. 6. a written tribute to a person, esp. a posthumous one. 7. Survey.an object, as a stone shaft, set in the ground to mark the boundaries of real estate or to mark a survey station. 8. a person considered as a heroic figure or of heroic proportions: He became a monument in his lifetime. 9. a. Obs.a tomb; sepulcher. b. a statue. —v.t. 1. to build a monument or monuments to; commemorate: to monument the nation's war dead. 2. to build a monument on: to monument a famous site. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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