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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"

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"

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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