American English pronunciation
How to pronounce commemorate
IPA transcription: [kə'mɛmɚ,eɪt]
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Verb
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mark by some ceremony or observation
“The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade”
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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”
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be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
“This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps”
“We memorialized the Dead”
Usage examples
- Today, a statue next to the road commemorates his place of death.
- A large Portland stone obelisk commemorates Frederick Gustavus Burnaby.
- A monument commemorates the occasion.
- His house in Moss Lane is commemorated by a blue plaque.
- Elizabeth Fry is also commemorated in a number of educational and care-based settings.
- He also unveiled a plaque to commemorate the event.
- The name of the village commemorates the Battle of Marathon.
- This date is commemorated as a date of the establishment of the city.
- The countries continue to commemorate this occasion on Anzac Day.
- Later, they commemorate the death and resurrection of Lightning Lad.