COMMEMORATE
(verb) call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony
"We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz", "Remember the dead of the First World War"
synonyms : remember(verb) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
"This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps", "We memorialized the Dead"
synonyms : immortalise , immortalize , memorialise , memorialize , record(verb) mark by some ceremony or observation
"The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade"
synonyms : mark
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Mnemonics for commemorate
(Tag: ) come + memory(ative) remembering something and honouring it. if we forget some1 bday we ll close eyes and says please come to memory.
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(Tag: Global) Focus on Memor which does mean memory and com means together so commemorate means when people recall their past great events together it can be expressed as commemorate.
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(Tag: ) focus on the first half of word commem(COMMEND)+orate.and we always COMMEND AND honour the PEOPLE who had done something great for us..
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