commemorateverb [ T ]
uk/kəˈmem.ə.reɪt/us/kəˈmem.ə.reɪt/C2 to remember officially and give respect to a great person or event, especially by a public ceremony or by making a statue or special building:
Gathered all together in this church, we commemorate those who lost their lives in the war.
A statue has been built to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the poet's birthday.
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Ceremonies
- cavalcade
- ceremonial
- ceremony
- commencement
- coronation
- induction
- initiate
- knight
- master of ceremonies
- MC
- nuptials
- officiate
- pageant
- salute
- solemnize
- speech day
- state occasion
- swearing-in
- the red carpet
- troop
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