What is "commemorate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Updated: 25-10-2024 by Wikilanguages.net

What does commemorate mean in English? Meaning of commemorate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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Meaning of "commemorate": mark by some ceremony or observation

Meaning: mark by some ceremony or observation

Example: The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade

Synonyms: commemorate mark

Hypernyms: celebrate keep observe

Meaning: call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony

Example: We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Remember the dead of the First World War

Synonyms: commemorate remember

Meaning: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event

Example: This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps We memorialized the Dead

Synonyms: commemorate immortalise immortalize memorialise memorialize record

Hyponyms: monumentalise monumentalize

Hypernyms: remind