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- Dictionarycommemorate/kəˈmɛməreɪt/
verb
- 1. recall and show respect for (someone or something): "a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the war dead"
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COMMEMORATE definition: 1. to remember officially and give respect to a great person or event, especially by a public…. Learn more.
To commemorate something means to remember something and by doing so to honor it, as in “We would like to commemorate his many years of past service by presenting him with this lovely gold watch.”
Commemorate definition: to serve as a memorial or reminder of. See examples of COMMEMORATE used in a sentence.
Commemorate definition: To honor the memory of (a person or event, for example), especially with a ceremony.
To commemorate an important event or person means to remember them by means of a special action, ceremony, or specially-created object. One room contained a gallery of paintings commemorating great moments in baseball history.
commemorate something/somebody to remind people of an important event or person from the past with a special action or object; to exist to remind people of a person or an event from the past A series of movies will be shown to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of his death.
to show honor to the memory of an important person or event in a special way: The ceremonies commemorated the 20th anniversary of the founding of the school.
1. To honor the memory of (a person or event, for example), especially with a ceremony. See Synonyms at observe. 2. To serve as a memorial to: The statue commemorates the discovery of anesthesia.
commemorate meaning, definition, what is commemorate: to do something to show that you remembe...: Learn more.
to do something to show you remember an important person or event in the past with respect: A ceremony will be held to commemorate the battle. commemoration. noun [ U ] uk / kəˌmeməˈreɪʃ ə n / us. a march in commemoration of the war of independence. (Definition of commemorate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
