commemorating Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb mark by some ceremony or observation
   commemorate; mark.
   
   • The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade
2. verb call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony
   commemorate; remember.
   
   • We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
   • Remember the dead of the First World War
3. verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
   immortalize; memorialise; commemorate; record; memorialize; immortalise.
   
   • This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
   • We memorialized the Dead
4. adjective intended as a commemoration
   commemorative.
   
   • a commemorative plaque

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