WORD: MONUMENT
MEANING:
1. A structure, such as a building or sculpture, erected as a memorial.
2. An inscribed marker placed at a grave; a tombstone.
3. 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.
4.
a. An outstanding enduring achievement: a translation that is a monument of scholarship.
b. An exceptional example: "Thousands of them wrote texts, some of them monuments of dullness" (Robert L. Heilbroner).
5. An object, such as a post or stone, fixed in the ground so as to mark a boundary or position.
6. A written document, especially a legal one.
7. memorial, shrine, testimonial
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Taj mahal is a monument built by Shahjahan in memory of his wife.
2. the use of the arch in monumental architecture
PRONOUNCE:
mon·u·ment - मान्यमन्ट / मान्यूमन्ट / मान्यमन्ट
LINK: MONUMENT
MEANING:
1. A structure, such as a building or sculpture, erected as a memorial.
2. An inscribed marker placed at a grave; a tombstone.
3. 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.
4.
a. An outstanding enduring achievement: a translation that is a monument of scholarship.
b. An exceptional example: "Thousands of them wrote texts, some of them monuments of dullness" (Robert L. Heilbroner).
5. An object, such as a post or stone, fixed in the ground so as to mark a boundary or position.
6. A written document, especially a legal one.
7. memorial, shrine, testimonial
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. The Taj mahal is a monument built by Shahjahan in memory of his wife.
2. the use of the arch in monumental architecture
PRONOUNCE:
mon·u·ment - मान्यमन्ट / मान्यूमन्ट / मान्यमन्ट
LINK: MONUMENT
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