commemoration
noun/kəˌmeməˈreɪʃn/
/kəˌmeməˈreɪʃn/
[uncountable, countable]- an action, or a ceremony, etc. that makes people remember and show respect for an important person or event in the past
- a commemoration service
- Protests and commemorations took place in several cities on the anniversary of the uprising.
- in commemoration of somebody/something a statue in commemoration of a national hero
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin commemoratio(n-), from the verb commemorare ‘bring to remembrance’, from com- ‘altogether’ + memorare ‘relate’ (from memor ‘mindful’).Definitions on the go
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