Main Entry:

mon·u·ment

Pronunciation:

\ˈmän-yə-mənt\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin monumentum, literally, memorial, from monēre to remind — more at mind

Date:

13th century

1obsolete : a burial vault : sepulchre2: a written legal document or record : treatise3 a (1): a lasting evidence, reminder, or example of someone or something notable or great (2): a distinguished person b: a memorial stone or a building erected in remembrance of a person or event4archaic : an identifying mark : evidence ; also : portent, sign5obsolete : a carved statue : effigy6: a boundary or position marker (as a stone)7: national monument8: a written tribute