commemorate
pronunciation
How to pronounce commemorate in British English:
UK [kəˈmeməreɪt]
How to pronounce commemorate in American English:
US [kəˈmeməreɪt]
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- Verb:
- mark by some ceremony or observation
- call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony
- be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
Word Origin
- commemorate (v.)
- 1590s, from Latin commemoratus, past participle of commemorare "bring to remembrance" (see commemoration). Related: Commemorated; commemorates; commemorating.
Example
- 1. Time there is an event to commemorate the holocaust .
- 2. The united states postal service has issued a new stamp to commemorate the 2008 olympic games in beijing .
- 3. Residents there have a party every fall to commemorate the unsolved hijacking .
- 4. We therefore have much to commemorate 50 years after goodall began her strolls through gombe .
- 5. In 1934 postmaster general james a. farley announced a stamp to commemorate mother 's day .