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commemorate English

Meaning commemorate meaning

What does commemorate mean?

commemorate

— verb (= mark) mark by some ceremony or observation The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade — verb (= remember) call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Remember the dead of the First World War — verb (= memorialize, memorialise) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps We memorialized the Dead

Synonyms commemorate synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as commemorate?

commemorate English » English

remember memorialize celebrate memorialise salute honour honor record praise memorize memorise mark immortalize immortalise compliment admire reverence revere respect resemble reminisce relate rejoice rehearse pay tribute observe mourn over a person’s death mourn for mention memorial look up to look like glorify dignify dedicate credit abide by

Topics commemorate topics

What do people use commemorate to talk about?
Social behavior Social activity Social event

Celebrate

Conjugation commemorate conjugation

How do you conjugate commemorate?

commemorate · verb

Examples commemorate examples

How do I use commemorate in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Who will commemorate me when I die?
Who will commemorate me when I'm dead?

Movie subtitles

Birgitte is finishing a monument. to commemorate a friend who died recently.
There is nothing to commemorate now.
I shall sacrifice a dozen white doves to Venus to commemorate our meeting.
Francis. Aunt Ludovica and your cousin Nene came from Possenhofen. to commemorate your birthday!
The pylons commemorate your victory at Kadesh, where you broke the Amorites.
Radovan At least give me a ring from his hand to commemorate.
And someone thought it fit to commemorate him with a statue.
When Octavian had them struck off.. it was to commemorate Caesar's deification.
And even today in this time of scientific miracles. a source of wonder. A focus of admiration for those who this past year. gathered in Rome from all over the world. to commemorate the 400th anniversary of its designer's death.
And so, the reason we celebrate the Passover holidays by eating the matzo is to commemorate the time that Moses led the children of Israel from Egypt.
It's to commemorate the time he took a young virgin to the theatre and faked her up to his room.
It is a great pleasure to commemorate this day.
Yes, it's fired every day at 12 o'clock to commemorate the glorious victory of Kosovo-Metohija in 1193.
And now to commemorate the moment 82 years later when he drew his last breath, we will blow them all out again.
We sacrifice sheep to commemorate Abraham's sacrifice.
I'll give a ball to commemorate the anniversary of his death.
To commemorate this special event we now dedicate the new western headquarters of the Santa Fe.
To commemorate the honor Baron Gruda has done us by his visit. the officers of the Saint Theo garrison have arranged a little gift for him.
PorkChopHillwas held, bought and paid for at the same price we commemorate in monuments at Bunker Hill and Gettysburg.
He said, in order to commemorate the number of liberties Americans have taken in this country in the last 15 years, it was high time that England had a Statue of Liberty of their own.
When Octavian had them struck off it was to commemorate Caesar's deification.
Give us grace so to commemorate Jesus on earth. That we may be partakers in Thy great communion in heaven.
A focus of admiration for those who this past year. gathered in Rome from all over the world. to commemorate the 400th anniversary of its designer's death.
Danke. And, uh, to commemorate this visit, I, uh, may even call Berlin and ask them to change our name to the, uh, Rudolf Richter Stalag, huh?
On a Sunday this past August in the Los Angeles Coliseum. over 100,000 black people came together. to commemorate that moment in American history.
In order to commemorate this first stratospheric ascension organized by our Institute, we wanted to plant this tree which will grow as will the glory of our young scientists!
No, soldier is buried on the place he dies, we'll commemorate him, that's our duty.
Let's just. commemorate this for posterity.
To commemorate the name-taking, he will pay his respects to you from the boat on the river.
To commemorate the glorious victory of Kosovo Methojiva in 1193.
For the rest of his life, he was to commemorate that October day as his anniversary day the birthday of his great dream.
These women and their offspring by the fishermen established a festival to commemorate the battle.
And to commemorate our friendship...the City of Los Angeles is proud to present to the royal family...this Revolutionary War musket, generously donated by Mr Vincent Ludwig.
Do we deserve to commemorate, not, Hastings?
But this also is a motive to commemorate, n'est you shovels?
Why is the wind always blowing If we are commemorate our beloved?
You and I, Mollari we will turn Centauri Prime into an inauguration pyre to commemorate my ascent to godhood.
Wouldn't it be nice to commemorate those people - by keeping their music alive?
It would help us out and commemorate their memory at the same time.

News and current affairs

This was clearly demonstrated on February 14, when roughly a million people assembled to commemorate the first anniversary of Rafik Hariri's assassination.
In France, May 10 is a day to commemorate the abolition of slavery.
World leaders should still gather to commemorate WWI, in the hope that they might learn enough to avoid repeating its disaster in our time.
I could not figure out how to approach this seemingly intractable problem until I recently visited Stockholm to commemorate the centenary of Raoul Wallenberg's birth.
Only Germany's lunatic fringe dares to commemorate Hitler.
Each November, Ukrainians commemorate the victims of 1933.
It is worth pausing to commemorate this remarkable event, and the effect the euro's existence has had on the current global crisis.
He advocated new condolence ceremonies to commemorate lost warriors - and to replace wars of vengeance.
The past - despite rituals that seek to commemorate historic moments - is obliterated by an addiction to the now and the new.
More importantly, October will mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Peoples' Republic of China, an occasion that the Party will commemorate in grand style.
We believe that the European Parliament should commemorate her sacrifice by hanging a poster of her image on the external wall of the Parliament's premises in Brussels, beside the poster of Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of Burma's democratic opposition.
In response, the mayor of Cannes organized a ceremony to commemorate all victims of the French-Algerian conflict.
Kim's intentions may become clearer next month, when the North is expected to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Korean Workers' Party by conducting a nuclear test and launching a new intercontinental missile.
The diplomatic tension is ironic, because the parade in Moscow is meant to commemorate a victory made possible seven decades ago by the alliance of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany.
In his speech to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's death on June 4, Khamenei fully appropriated the discourse of the dissident clerics aligned with Khatami.
In July 2012, France and Algeria will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Algerian Republic.
Only Germany's lunatic fringe dares to commemorate Hitler. Not even the pathetic remnant of the Khmer Rouge celebrates Pol Pot's memory.
Indeed, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a former KGB officer himself, invited his Polish counterpart, Donald Tusk, to commemorate that tragedy together.
As we commemorate Einstein's achievement, we should also seize the opportunity to celebrate the unrelenting spirit of those who are pushing ahead and trying to answer the questions his theory left us.
Today, ten years after we regained our freedom, it is simply insufficient to commemorate and recapitulate those dramatic times when the old world was falling apart and a new burst of freedom appeared.

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