commemorate
verb/kəˈmeməreɪt/
/kəˈmeməreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they commemorate | /kəˈmeməreɪt/ /kəˈmeməreɪt/ |
| he / she / it commemorates | /kəˈmeməreɪts/ /kəˈmeməreɪts/ |
| past simple commemorated | /kəˈmeməreɪtɪd/ /kəˈmeməreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle commemorated | /kəˈmeməreɪtɪd/ /kəˈmeməreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form commemorating | /kəˈmeməreɪtɪŋ/ /kəˈmeməreɪtɪŋ/ |
- commemorate something/somebody to remind people of an important event or person from the past with a special action or object; to exist to remind people of a person or an event from the past
- A series of movies will be shown to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of his death.
- A plaque commemorates the battle.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCommemorate is used with these nouns as the subject:- ceremony
- festival
- memorial
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin commemorat- ‘brought to remembrance’, from the verb commemorare, from com- ‘altogether’ + memorare ‘relate’ (from memor ‘mindful’).Definitions on the go
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