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commemorate
What does commemorate mean?
commemorate (verb): celebrate by some ceremony or observation.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use commemorate in a sentence?
- They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend. (Tatoeba sentence #67227 by Lumi_alt, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce commemorate?
/kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does commemorate come from?
First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin commemorātus, perfect passive participle of commemorō.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to commemorate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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to stop either temporarily or permanently
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notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
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fall or descend to a lower place or level
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celebrate by some ceremony or observation
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