Meaning of commemorate in English

1. Pronunciation

   /kəˈmɛməˌreɪt/

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1. Verb

   commemorate

   Etymology

   late 16th century: from Latin commemorat-‘brought to remembrance’, from the verb commemorare, from com-‘altogether’ + memorare‘relate’ (from memor‘mindful’)

   Definitions

   1. mark by some ceremony or observation

   Examples

   • « We marked the anniversary of his death »
2. 2. call to remembrance

   Examples

   • « keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony »
   • « We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz »
   • « Remember the dead of the First World War »
3. 3. be or provide a memorial to a person or an event

   Examples

   • « This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps »
   • « We memorialized the Dead »