commemorative
/kəˈmɛm(ə)rətɪv
/adjective
Acting as a memorial of an event or person.She expects the completed memorial to have a commemorative plaque engraved with the names of the deceased....
- Instead, large commemorative war memorials tried to address the enormity of the loss.
- The 1500 students were joined by war veterans and special commemorative plaque was unveiled.
Synonyms
memorial, remembrance, celebratory, celebrative;
in remembrance of …, in memory of …, in honour of …
noun
An object such as a stamp or coin made to mark an event or honour a person.There are two types of postage stamps: definitives and commemoratives....
- All commemoratives, except Christmas stamps, issued between 1898 and 1998 are included in the study.
- Children attending the game receive commemoratives.
- the genuine article
- the ghost in the machine
- the gift of the gab
- the gift of tongues
- the glass is half-full (or half-empty)
- the gloves are off (or with the gloves off or take the gloves off)
- thegn
- the Goat
- the Godhead
- the Good Book
- the Good Shepherd
- the gory details
- the Graces
- the Grail
- the Grampians
- the Grand Manner
- the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence)
- the Great
- the great and the good
- the great Australian dream
- the Great Depression
- the Great Game
- the Great Mogul
- the (great) unwashed
- the green-eyed monster