fitting memorial

collocation in English

meaningsoffittingandmemorial

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fitting
adjective
uk
/ˈfɪt.ɪŋ/
us
/ˈfɪt̬.ɪŋ/
suitable or right for a particular situation ...
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memorial
noun[C]
uk
/məˈmɔː.ri.əl/
us
/məˈmɔːr.i.əl/
an object, often large and made of stone, that has been built to honour a famous person ...
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(Definition offittingandmemorialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffitting memorial

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The editors of the volume organized the conference, which finds afittingmemorialin this collection.
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Mike continues to be profoundly missed, but in the reasoned and careful optimism of the present volume he has afittingmemorial.
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Those 90 acres of land used to be looked after with respect; they were afittingmemorialand a place for contemplation.
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Those words are afittingmemorialto him.
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I cannot help thinking that the mostfittingmemorialis to secure peace.
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I decided that the fact of the disaster should indeed make a difference, which is the only proper andfittingmemorialto those who died.
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I hope that his family's pleas for extra intensive care beds will be heeded as afittingmemorialto him.
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This will be the onlyfittingmemorialfor all the victims who are in our thoughts today.
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The cemeteries are beautifully kept and afittingmemorialto the brave men who lie in them.
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It is afittingmemorialto those who gave their lives.
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She told me of the sadness that she felt over the lack of afittingmemorialto him and to other brave soldiers and civilians who died after being captured.
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It is an extremely powerful voice in lobbying for afittingmemorialto the far east prisoners of war, and is active in raising funds towards that cause.
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As the city grieved, it came together and used the devastating loss as a catalyst for the arts and built afittingmemorialto these victims.
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