{
    "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’."
}