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- Dictionarymemorial/mɪˈmɔːrɪəl/
noun
- 1. a statue or structure established to remind people of a person or event: "a memorial to General Robert E. Lee" Similar
- 2. a statement of facts, especially as the basis of a petition: historical "the Council sent a strongly worded memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer"
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an object made in order to honor a person or event: The statue is a memorial to those who died in the war. A memorial service is an event held to remember a person who has died. (Definition of memorial from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
noun. 1. : something that keeps remembrance alive: such as. a. : monument. b. : something (such as a speech or ceremony) that commemorates. c. : keepsake, memento. 2. a.
A memorial is a service or statue dedicated to someone who died. A memorial service celebrates the life of the deceased. Something written about the dead person can also be called a memorial, and you could say donating to a dead friend's favorite cause is a memorial to them. If it honors the dead, the word memorial probably fits.
an object, often large and made of stone, that has been built to honor a famous person or event: a war memorial. The statue was erected as a memorial to those who died in the war. Ashley Cooper/Corbis Documentary/GettyImages.
something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday. 2. a written statement of facts presented to a sovereign, a legislative body, etc., as the ground of, or expressed in the form of, a petition or remonstrance. adjective.
1. something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday. 2. a written statement of facts presented to a governing body in the form of or along with a petition.
something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday. a written statement of facts presented to a sovereign, a legislative body, etc., as the ground of, or expressed in the form of, a petition or remonstrance.
Britannica Dictionary definition of MEMORIAL [ count ] : something (such as a monument or ceremony) that honors a person who has died or serves as a reminder of an event in which many people died
noun. /məˈmɔːriəl/ [countable] 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. a war memorial (= in memory of soldiers who died in a war) memorial to somebody/something a memorial to victims of the Holocaust. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
What does the word memorial mean? There are 16 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word memorial, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. memorial has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
