Words / B1

MON-yoom-uh-nt/ˈmɒnjumənt/

A monument is a statue or building that honours a person or event. Memorial is a close twin (also in this set). Listed status blocks tram tracks. Do not write monument for every old building — that may just be listed.

Meaning

A statue or building built to honour a person or event.

Examples

• “The listed monument cannot be moved for the tram tracks.”
• “A monument to the miners is a memorial sense; a prehistoric monument is archaeology.”

Good to know

a monument to + noun. Close: a memorial. Heritage / planning. Countable structures. Adjective: monumental (huge — a step up).

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