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单词 monumentalizes
释义

monumentalize

verb

mon·​u·​men·​tal·​ize ˌmän-yə-ˈmen-tᵊl-ˌīz How to pronounce monumentalize (audio)
monumentalized; monumentalizing

transitive verb

: to record or memorialize lastingly by a monument

Synonyms

  • commemorate
  • memorialize
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Example Sentences

adding to the appeal of the Taj Mahal is the fact that it monumentalizes one man's undying love for his wife
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Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

monumentalizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of monumentalize
as in commemorates
to be a memorial of adding to the appeal of the Taj Mahal is the fact that it monumentalizes one man's undying love for his wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • commemorates
  • memorializes
  • celebrates
  • remembers
  • honors
  • solemnizes
  • enshrines
  • observes
  • exalts
  • sanctifies
  • keeps
  • glorifies
  • consecrates
  • blesses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dishonors
  • disgraces
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