memorial
[noun]
Synonyms:
- monument, memento, plaque, record, remembrance, souvenir
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- commemorative, monumental

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Related Words: celebrative, consecrative, dedicatory, enshrining

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I. me‧mo‧ri‧al¹ /məˈmɔːriəl, mɪˈmɔːriəl/ adjective [only before noun]
[Word Family: noun: memorial, memory, memo, memoir, memorabilia, memorandum; adjective: memorable, memorial, immemorial; verb: memorize, memorialize; adverb: memorably]
done or made in order to remind people of someone who has died
memorial service/ceremony
A memorial service will be held at 7 pm on Saturday.

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II. memorial² noun
[Word Family: noun: memorial, memory, memo, memoir, memorabilia, memorandum; adjective: memorable, memorial, immemorial; verb: memorize, memorialize; adverb: memorably]

1. [countable] something, especially a stone with writing on it, that reminds people of someone who has died
memorial to
The hospital was built as a memorial to King Edward VII.
permanent/lasting memorial
An appeal has been launched to build a lasting memorial to the composer.

2. [singular] an achievement that reminds people of someone who has died
memorial to
The garden is a memorial to one of the finest Victorian gardeners.
⇒ war memorial

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

memorial
noun
ADJ. lasting, permanent The statue is a lasting memorial to those who died in the war.
fitting | war
VERB + MEMORIAL build, erect, put up | unveil
MEMORIAL + VERB commemorate sb/sth | stand The memorial stands on the village green.
MEMORIAL + NOUN ceremony, service a memorial service for sailors drowned at sea
PREP. ~ for a memorial for victims of the air crash
~ to The prime minister today unveiled a memorial to those who died in the disaster.

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