COMMEMORATE


Meaning of COMMEMORATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kə-ˈme-mə-ˌrāt ]

transitive verb

( -rat·ed ; -rat·ing )

Etymology: Latin commemoratus, past participle of commemorare, from com- + memorare to remind of, from memor mindful — more at memory

Date: 1599

1. : to call to remembrance

2. : to mark by some ceremony or observation : observe

commemorate an anniversary

3. : to serve as a memorial of

a plaque that commemorate s the battle

Synonyms: see keep

• com·mem·o·ra·tor -ˌrā-tər noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.