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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"
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"
3. Verb. Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event. "We memorialized the Dead"
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]