memorialize
pronunciation
How to pronounce memorialize in British English:
UK [məˈmɔ:riəlaɪz]
How to pronounce memorialize in American English:
US [məˈmɔriəˌlaɪz, məˈmor-]
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- Verb:
- address in a memorial
- be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
Word Origin
- memorialize (v.)
- 1798, from memorial + -ize. Related: Memorialized; memorializing. Earlier verb was simply memorial (1731).
Example
- 1. Do you hope to memorialize your name ?
- 2. Create a memorial or tribute . Plant a tree or garden , or memorialize the person in some fitting way , such as running in a charity run or walk ( a breast cancer race , for example ) in honor of the lost loved one .
- 3. Not just to memorialize faceless dead , to mourn individuals who lived a culture and an ocean away , yet with whom we share a common humanity -- to stop for a moment and to imagine who they were as people .
- 4. This collateral is being overseen by the long now foundation of san francisco , which administers " long bets " set up by any competitors wanting to memorialize a gamble .