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{
"term": "monument",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a building, column, statue, etc. built to remind people of a famous person or event",
"sensetop": "monument (to somebody/something)",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral."
},
{
"text": "Monuments to the former leader were all pulled down."
},
{
"text": "The monument will stand just inside the cathedral."
},
{
"text": "The museum was built as a lasting monument to the civil war."
},
{
"text": "The tower stands as a monument to the invasion of the island."
},
{
"text": "monuments of the army's past campaigns"
},
{
"text": "The new boat is a fitting monument to the crew members who lost their lives."
}
],
"topics": ["History", "Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["ancient", "historic", "historical"],
"verb + monument": ["stand as", "commission", "build"],
"monument + verb": ["be", "stand"],
"preposition": ["as a monument", "monument of", "monument to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a building that has special historical importance",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an ancient monument"
},
{
"text": "Some of the town's Roman monuments still survive."
},
{
"text": "the best preserved Roman monument in Britain"
}
],
"topics": ["History", "Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["ancient", "historic", "historical"],
"verb + monument": ["stand as", "commission", "build"],
"monument + verb": ["be", "stand"],
"preposition": ["as a monument", "monument of", "monument to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a thing that remains as a good example of somebody’s qualities or of what they did",
"sensetop": "monument to something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "These recordings are a monument to his talent as a pianist."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɒnjumənt/",
"audio": "mo/monument/monument__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmɑːnjumənt/",
"audio": "mo/monument/monument__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting a burial place): via French from Latin monumentum, from monere ‘remind’."
}