What (who) is Memorial - definition

AREA OR OBJECT, SMALLER THAN A MONUMENT, WHICH SERVES AS A FOCUS FOR MEMORY OF SOMETHING

Memorials; Fountain memorial; Mem'l; Meml

memorial

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A memorial is a structure built in order to remind people of a famous person or event.

Every village had its war memorial.

N-COUNT: usu with supp

A memorial event, object, or prize is in honour of someone who has died, so that they will be remembered.

A memorial service is being held for her at St Paul's Church.

ADJ: ADJ n

If you say that something will be a memorial to someone who has died, you mean that it will continue to exist and remind people of them.

The museum will serve as a memorial to the millions who passed through Ellis Island...

N-COUNT: usu sing, N to n

memorial

I. n.

Monument, commemorative record, memento.

Memorandum, record, remembrancer.

II. a.

Commemorative.

Memorial

·noun Memory; remembrance.

II. Memorial ·noun A memorandum; a record.

III. Memorial ·adj Mnemonic; assisting the memory.

IV. Memorial ·noun A species of informal state paper, much used in negotiation.

V. Memorial ·adj Serving to preserve remembrance; commemorative; as, a memorial building.

VI. Memorial ·noun Anything intended to preserve the memory of a person or event; something which serves to keep something else in remembrance; a monument.

VII. Memorial ·noun A written representation of facts, addressed to the government, or to some branch of it, or to a society, ·etc., - often accompanied with a petition.

Wikipedia

Memorial

A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects such as homes or other sites, or works of art such as sculptures, statues, fountains or parks. Larger memorials may be known as monuments.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial

Pronunciation examples for Memorial

1. Memorial Pentathlon.

Civil War General-Purpose Computing _ Cory Doctorow _ Talks at Google

2. Memorial Church.

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3. the Jeanette Memorial.

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4. It's Memorial Day weekend.

The Power of Story - Standing Up After Saigon _ Thuhang Tran & Sharon Orlopp _ Talks at Google

5. Martin Luther King Memorial,

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Examples of use of Memorial

1. Memorial on the tidal basin between the Jefferson Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial.

2. Clinton, who received a standing ovation from the largely black crowd, noted that the memorial will stand between the Jefferson Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial.

3. The National Mall & Memorial Parks –– the official name –– extends from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial and is home to the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

4. The Station Fire Memorial Foundation commissioned proposals for a permanent memorial at the fire site.

5. Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org ITS inventory: resources.ushmm.org/itsinventory Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial http://www.yadvashem.org