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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)
The meaning of MEMORIAL is serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative. How to use memorial in a sentence.
noun. 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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
1. Something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to celebrate or honor the memory of a person or an event. 2. A written statement of facts or a petition presented to a legislative body or an executive.
MEMORIAL meaning: 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 often + to
Memorial definition: Something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to celebrate or honor the memory of a person or an event.
