{
    "term": "memorial",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a statue, stone, etc. that is built in order to remind people of an important past event or of a famous person who has died",
            "sensetop": "memorial to somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **war memorial** *(= in memory of soldiers who died in a war)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a memorial to victims of the Holocaust",
                    "contextForm": "memorial to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The memorial stands on the village green."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president today unveiled a memorial to those who died in the disaster."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a makeshift memorial marked by posters and flowers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This ruin became a memorial for the victims of the bombing."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["lasting", "permanent", "living"],
                "verb + memorial": ["build", "erect", "establish"],
                "memorial + verb": [
                    "commemorate somebody/​something",
                    "honour/​honor somebody",
                    "stand"
                ],
                "memorial + noun": ["ceremony", "service"],
                "preposition": ["memorial for", "memorial of", "memorial to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a thing that will continue to remind people of somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "memorial to somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The painting will be a lasting memorial to a remarkable woman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a memorial of my husband"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["lasting", "permanent", "living"],
                "verb + memorial": ["build", "erect", "establish"],
                "memorial + verb": [
                    "commemorate somebody/​something",
                    "honour/​honor somebody",
                    "stand"
                ],
                "memorial + noun": ["ceremony", "service"],
                "preposition": ["memorial for", "memorial of", "memorial to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a ceremony that is held to remember somebody who has died or an important past event",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a memorial for victims of the air crash"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are holding a memorial for it."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈmɔːriəl/",
                "audio": "me/memorial/memorial__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈmɔːriəl/",
                "audio": "me/memorial/memorial__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from late Latin memoriale ‘record, memory, monument’, from Latin memorialis ‘serving as a reminder’, from memoria ‘memory’."
}