Commemorate
11commemorate */ — UK [kəˈmeməreɪt] / US [kəˈmeməˌreɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms commemorate : present tense I/you/we/they commemorate he/she/it commemorates present participle commemorating past tense commemorated past participle commemorated to show that you… …
12commemorate — transitive verb ( rated; rating) Etymology: Latin commemoratus, past participle of commemorare, from com + memorare to remind of, from memor mindful more at memory Date: 1599 1. to call to remembrance 2. to mark by some ceremony or …
13commemorate — com|mem|o|rate [kəˈmeməreıt] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of commemorare, from com ( COM ) + memorare to remind of ] to do something to show that you remember and respect someone important or an important event in… …
14commemorate — [[t]kəme̱məreɪt[/t]] commemorates, commemorating, commemorated VERB To commemorate an important event or person means to remember them by means of a special action, ceremony, or specially created object. [V n] One room contained a gallery of… …
15commemorate — verb (T) to do something to show that you remember and respect someone important or an important event in the past: a parade to commemorate the town s bicentenary commemorative adjective …
16commemorate — verb an annual festival to commemorate the liberation of our town Syn: celebrate, pay tribute to, pay homage to, honor, salute, toast; remember, recognize, acknowledge, observe, mark …
17commemorate — com•mem•o•rate [[t]kəˈmɛm əˌreɪt[/t]] v. t. rat•ed, rat•ing 1) to serve as a memorial or reminder of: The monument commemorates a naval victory[/ex] 2) to honor the memory of by some observance: to commemorate Bastille Day[/ex] • Etymology:… …
18commemorate — verb a) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony. b) To serve as a memorial to someone or something …
19commemorate — Synonyms and related words: beat the drum, blow the trumpet, celebrate, consecrate, dedicate, dress ship, fire a salute, hallow, hold jubilee, honor, immortalize, jubilate, jubilize, keep, maffick, make merry, mark, memorialize, monument,… …
20commemorate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. celebrate, solemnize, observe, keep, memorialize. See record, celebration, memory. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. solemnize, honor, memorialize; see admire 1 , celebrate 1 , remember 1 . See Synonym Study …
