What is the meaning of commemorate?

verb

  • Mark by some ceremony or observation.
    • usage: "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade"
  • Call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony.
    • usage: "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War"
  • Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event.
    • usage: "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead"
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APAWordNet. (2010). commemorate. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/commemorate/definitions/1327031
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "commemorate" http://smartdefine.org/commemorate/definitions/1327031 (accessed September 21, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, commemorate, Smart Define, viewed 21 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/commemorate/definitions/1327031>.
MLAWordNet. "commemorate" 23 October 2010. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/commemorate/definitions/1327031>
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