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commemorate

Verb

IPA /kəˈmeməreɪt/

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To remember and honour an important person or event through a special action, ceremony or object.

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commemorate/kəˈmeməreɪt/

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An important event in the past
A ceremony honours its memory

To commemorate an event is to remember and honour it.

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The family planted a tree to commemorate their grandparents' wedding anniversary.
The school held an exhibition to commemorate its hundredth anniversary.

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commemorate — To remember and honour an important person or event through a special action, ceremony or object.

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To remember and honour an important person or event through a special action, ceremony or object.

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Word origin

From Latin commemorare, meaning to bring to remembrance.

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Commemorate can describe what people do or what a monument represents.

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