commemorate
English
editEtymology
editFirst 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.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
editcommemorate (third-person singular simple present commemorates, present participle commemorating, simple past and past participle commemorated)
- (transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.
- Synonym: memorialize
- On November 11th we commemorate the fallen with a march.
- 2009, Naava Piatka, No Goodbyes: A Father-Daughter Memoir of Love, War and Resurrection, page 98:
- On the anniversary of Korczak's murder, Israel commemorated him with a special postal issue. As a stamp collector and philatelic columnist, it pleased me greatly when other countries followed Israel's example in honoring him.
- (transitive) To serve as a memorial to someone or something.
- The cenotaph commemorates the fallen.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editto honor the memory of someone or something
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to serve as memorial to someone or something
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Adjective
editcommemorate (comparative more commemorate, superlative most commemorate)
- (obsolete, rare, as a participle) Commemorated.
- 1671, Robert MacWard, The True Non-Conformist..., line 274:
- In almost all the Psalms of praise, we find the preceding distress and afflictions […] first pathetically commemorat.
Related terms
editSee also
editItalian
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editcommemorate
- inflection of commemorare:
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editcommemorate f pl
Latin
editVerb
editcommemorāte
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