Commemorate Definition

kə-mĕmə-rāt
commemorated, commemorates, commemorating
verb
commemorated, commemorates, commemorating
To honor the memory of, as by a ceremony.
Webster's New World
To keep alive the memory of; serve as a memorial to.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Commemorate

  • Latin commemorāre commemorāt- to remind com- intensive pref. com– memorāre to remind (from memor mindful (s)mer-1 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin commemorare, from com- + memorare to remind of (see memory).

    From Wiktionary

Commemorate Sentence Examples

  • A monument was erected in 1901 to commemorate the Russians who fell.

  • A monument and a small museum commemorate the event.

  • In 1897 the sum o was subscribed by citizens to found a hospital (1903) to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, and named after her.

  • The name is also given to small chapels built to commemorate some special deliverance.

  • The Victoria bridge at Alirajpur was built to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of 1897.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOM

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CO & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With TE

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With C11 Letter Words Ending With E