Wiktionary

commemorate

English

edit

Etymology

edit

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.

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

commemorate (third-person singular simple present commemorates, present participle commemorating, simple past and past participle commemorated)

  1. (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.
  2. (transitive) To serve as a memorial to someone or something.
    The cenotaph commemorates the fallen.

Derived terms

edit

Translations

edit

Adjective

edit

commemorate (comparative more commemorate, superlative most commemorate)

  1. (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.
edit

See also

edit

Italian

edit

Etymology 1

edit

Verb

edit

commemorate

  1. inflection of commemorare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

edit

Participle

edit

commemorate f pl

  1. feminine plural of commemorato

Latin

edit

Verb

edit

commemorāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of commemorō
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=commemorate&oldid=84883495"