commemorate

CEFRB2

/kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To honor and remember an important person or event.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To serve as a memorial to someone or something.

Examples

  • Jews don't celebrate the holocaust, they commemorate it.

  • They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.

More examples

In context

  • On November 11th we commemorate the fallen with a march.

  • The cenotaph commemorates the fallen.

  • In almost all the Psalms of praise, we find the preceding distress and afflictions […] first pathetically commemorat.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin commemorātus, perfect passive participle of commemorō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Sporadic usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.