Definition of COMMEMORATE

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.

Scrabble Score: 19

commemorate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
commemorate: 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