commemorate
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
- "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"
- To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.
- To serve as a memorial to someone or something.
Adj
- Commemorated.
Examples
- On November 11th we commemorate the fallen with a march.
- The cenotaph commemorates the fallen.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
immortalise, immortalize, mark, memorialise, memorialize, record, remember
Scrabble Score: 19
commemorate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcommemorate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
commemorate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 23
commemorate: valid Words With Friends Word