An appeal has been launched to build a lasting memorial to the composer.memorial1 nounmemorial2 adjective
memorialme‧mo‧ri‧al1 /məˈmɔːriəl/ ●●○ noun 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- It's too early to discuss a permanent memorial, she said.
- It had been commissioned by students and was situated near the official war memorial on Hewitt Plaza.
- One of her best-known works is a marble memorial to Bishop Prideaux which is in Worcester cathedral.
- Removing personal memorials, or even mowing around them, can be trying for highway crews.
- The memorial at the bomb site featured mournful bagpipes played Amazing Grace after Marine Capt.
- There are no plans for a memorial at Daytona International Speedway, where Earnhardt died.
- There is a memorial to nine of those who perished-the guards.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY An appeal has been launched to build a lasting memorial to the composer.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
An appeal has been launched to build a lasting memorial to the composer. (=for remembering the life of someone who has died)· The work is being paid for out of the memorial fund launched after Morris’s death.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· It will stand as a permanent memorial to the man whose generosity has so benefited the Theatre Collection.· It's too early to discuss a permanent memorial, she said.· Now the people of the town have honoured his bravery by erecting a permanent memorial.
NOUN· A motorcade through downtown Moon Beach, a twenty-one-gun salute, a memorial service in the cathedral.· A memorial service will be held later this month.· After yesterday's memorial service, cremation took place at Colwyn Bay.· Yesterday's statement said the funeral would be private and a memorial service would be held later.· This afternoon I am going to a memorial service for a woman who devoted her whole life to caring for others.
· The site is now marked by a Mull granite memorial stone, erected through the efforts of the Eric Liddell Foundation.· A memorial stone has been unveiled to commemorate their bravery.· Black day A funeral home was throwing open its doors today with guided tours around the coffins, memorial stones and hearses.· He was buried in St Peter's church, Thurston, where there is a memorial stone.· Louise wished to visit Dorothy's grave, where the memorial stone was now in place.
· It had been commissioned by students and was situated near the official war memorial on Hewitt Plaza.· We had staked out the war memorial where the secret meeting was destined to occur.· A Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament banner was unfurled and carried round the war memorial before one of those carrying it was arrested.· The village band, all discordant trumpetings and squeaks, led the congregation in procession to the war memorial.· In 1918 he chaired a war memorials committee and organized nationwide pyrotechnic displays in celebration of the armistice.· For many years his family thought he was dead, and his name was only recently removed from the village war memorial.· Charles and Diana did not speak as they climbed into their limousine to drive to the war memorial.· The heavy plaque was stolen from the war memorial in King's Gardens, Bootle, four weeks ago.
VERB· If it makes up for it, he has built his own unforgettable memorial.· Congress gave the go-ahead in 1993 to build the Air Force memorial.
· The black sanctuaries are burning even as the South erects memorials to the sorry chapters in its history.· Many cities have erected similar memorials.· In 1791 Sir Richard erected a memorial to his parents at Skelton church, near York.· In 1891, an obelisk of Aberdeen granite was erected as a memorial in place of the headstone.· Now the people of the town have honoured his bravery by erecting a permanent memorial.
· And Oriel College will hold its a own memorial service ... after the funeral ... expected to go ahead early next week.
WORD FAMILYnounmemorialmemorymemomemoirmemorabiliamemorandumadjectivememorablememorialimmemorialverbmemorizememorializeadverbmemorably
1[countable] something, especially a stone with writing on it, that reminds people of someone who has diedmemorial to The hospital was built as a memorial to King Edward VII.permanent/lasting memorial An appeal has been launched to build a lasting memorial to the composer.2[singular] an achievement that reminds people of someone who has diedmemorial to The garden is a memorial to one of the finest Victorian gardeners. → war memorialmemorial1 nounmemorial2 adjective
memorialmemorial2 adjective [only before noun] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Eliot was asked to give the first Yeats memorial lecture in Dublin in 1940.
- He met Saleh after a memorial ceremony for former president Francois Mitterand.
- Jackson Memorial Hospital
- The memorial service was attended by the greatest names in Hollywood.
- And the next book, article, theatre programme and, one day, I guess, memorial celebration.
- Camusfearna was demolished after he left, a single memorial stone marking the site; the otters come no more.
- People fall all over each other to help light memorial candles, to organize funerals.
- Together with the family, directors establish the location, dates, and times of wakes, memorial services, and burials.
- Unless he changes his mind, there may be more holocausts to remember on the Holocaust memorial days to come.
Longman Language Activatorwhen you do something so that a person or event will not be forgotten
if something is done in memory of someone who has died, it is done so that the person is not forgotten, and to show respect for them: · The monument was built in memory of all the soldiers who died in the war.· The statue was erected in 1888 in memory of John Wesley. · The inscription on the gravestone said simply, "In memory of David James Flower 1892-1917."· When Alfred Nobel died, an annual peace prize was established in his memory.
a memorial concert, fund, service etc is made or done to show respect for someone who has died, especially someone who was important, so that that person will not be forgotten: · The memorial service was attended by the greatest names in Hollywood.· Eliot was asked to give the first Yeats memorial lecture in Dublin in 1940.· He met Saleh after a memorial ceremony for former president François Mitterrand.
if something commemorates someone's death or an event where people died, it is done in order to show respect for them and to remind other people of the person or event: · The Eid commemorates the prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son at God's command. · When a famous citizen died, he was commemorated by a statue or a plaque.commemorate something with something: · Vienna commemorated the 200th anniversary of Schubert's birth with a series of exhibitions and concerts.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY A memorial service will be held at 7 pm on Saturday.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
A memorial service will be held at 7 pm on Saturday. (=for remembering the life of someone who has died)· The work is being paid for out of the memorial fund launched after Morris’s death.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· The Arnhem veteran had come from Salisbury for a memorial service.· There were one hundred and fifty mourners at Doris's memorial service when Lee Lacey claimed to receive the messages from her.· On Wednesday last week five mortars landed a few hundred metres from where 350 people attended a Holocaust memorial service.· Together with the family, directors establish the location, dates, and times of wakes, memorial services, and burials.
WORD FAMILYnounmemorialmemorymemomemoirmemorabiliamemorandumadjectivememorablememorialimmemorialverbmemorizememorializeadverbmemorably
done or made in order to remind people of someone who has diedmemorial service/ceremony A memorial service will be held at 7 pm on Saturday.