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commemorate - Dictionary definition and meaning for commemorate

COMMEMORATE

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  • (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

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

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.

    added by arulmozhi    editEdit Mnemonic

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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..

    added by preetisoni2411    editEdit Mnemonic

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Origin

  • From Latin commemoratus, the past participle of commemorare “to call to mind clearly,” from memorare “to remind, speak of,” from memor “mindful” added by bimal03

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