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Meanings of commemorate in English

Portuguese
comemorar
Catalan
immortalitzar

Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event.

        comemorar
        Portuguese
        comemorar
        Catalan
        commemorar

        Mark by some ceremony or observation.

              comemorar
              Portuguese
              comemorar
              Catalan
              rememorar
              Spanish
              rememorar

              Call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony.

                    comemorar
                    Usage of commemorate in English
                    1
                    The new monument will also commemorate victims of Stalin's repression, Rurua said.
                    Reuters
                    2
                    Let's hope the publication finds a redemptive way to commemorate the day.
                    Ebony
                    3
                    The event will also commemorate Braxton's 25th anniversary in the music industry.
                    The South African
                    4
                    On 16 September, we commemorate World Ozone Day to celebrate this achievement.
                    The South African
                    5
                    Some plaques commemorate movements, moments, events, records or institutions rather than people.
                    The Guardian
                    6
                    Leeds United have revealed a new crest to commemorate the club's centenary.
                    The Irish Times
                    7
                    We have assembled to commemorate one of the epoch-making events in history.
                    Something of Men I Have Known / With Some Papers of a General Na...
                    8
                    But what exactly is going on in this frenetic desire to commemorate.
                    The Irish Times
                    9
                    So many major religions involve observances that commemorate suffering in the past.
                    The new yorker
                    10
                    A monument was erected in 1901 to commemorate the Russians who fell.
                    The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
                    11
                    NASA has organized a series of events to commemorate the 50th anniversary.
                    Reuters
                    12
                    That must be the one Menelaus had planted to commemorate the war.
                    Helen of troy
                    13
                    Perhaps I built the church that stands there to commemorate the fact.
                    Indian Summer
                    14
                    Crosses at Auckland's War Memorial Museum commemorate soldiers who died at Passchendale.
                    Radio NZ
                    15
                    Heralds-at-arms walked through the city, distributing medals struck to commemorate the coronation.
                    The Court of the Empress Josephine
                    16
                    To-day I am trying to commemorate the virtues of a Confederate colleague.
                    Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William H. F. Le...
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