commemorate

Verb

Meaning

To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

memorialize mark remember honor recognize observe celebrate praise recall salute perpetuate venerate immortalize honour memorialise
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Antonyms

scout castaway boo intuit after digress
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Hypernyms

keep observe celebrate remind

Hyponyms

monumentalize monumentalise

Phrases with the word

commemorate occasion to commemorate

Derivatives

commemorated commemorating

Examples

We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Source: Internet

Remember the dead of the First World War Source: Internet

This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps Source: Internet

We memorialized the Dead Source: Internet

The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade Source: Internet

Aberdeen joined other cities across the world in marking the occasion, which is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

commelinoid commemorabilia commemorable commemorate occasion commemorating commemoration