Definition of Commemorate

1. Verb. Mark by some ceremony or observation. "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade"

Exact synonyms: Mark
Generic synonyms: Celebrate, Keep, Observe
Derivative terms: Commemoration, Commemorative

2. Verb. Call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony. "Remember the dead of the First World War"
Exact synonyms: Remember
Derivative terms: Commemoration, Commemorative, Remembrance

3. Verb. Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event. "We memorialized the Dead"
Exact synonyms: Immortalise, Immortalize, Memorialise, Memorialize, Record
Generic synonyms: Remind
Specialized synonyms: Monumentalise, Monumentalize
Derivative terms: Commemoration, Commemorative, Memorial, Memorial, Record

Definition of Commemorate

1. v. t. To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July.

Definition of Commemorate

1. Verb. (transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To serve as a memorial to someone or something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Commemorate

1. [v -RATED, -RATING, -RATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commemorate

commaundest
commaundeth
commaundment
commaunds
comme ci comme ça
comme il faut
commeasurable
commeasure
commeasured
commeasures
commeasuring
commedia dell'arte
commelina
commemorabilia
commemorable
commemorate (current term)
commemorated
commemorates
commemorating
commemoration
commemorations
commemorative
commemorative sign
commemoratively
commemoratives
commemorator
commemorators
commemoratory
commemorial
commence

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