commemorate

com·mem·o·rate  (k-mm-rt)

tr.v. com·mem·o·rat·ed, com·mem·o·rat·ing, com·mem·o·rates

1. To honor the memory of with a ceremony. See Synonyms at observe.

2. To serve as a memorial to.

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[Latin commemorre, commemort-, to remind : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + memorre, to remind (from memor, mindful; see (s)mer-¹ in Indo-European roots).]

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com·memo·rator n.

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commemorate [kəˈmɛməˌreɪt]

vb

(tr) to honour or keep alive the memory of

[from Latin commemorāre be mindful of, from com- (intensive) + memorāre to remind, from memor mindful]

commemorative , commemoratory adj

commemoratively  adv

commemorator  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	commemorate - mark by some ceremony or observation; "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade" mark celebrate, observe, keep - behave as expected during of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur"
	2.	commemorate - 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" remember
	3.	commemorate - be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" immortalise, immortalize, memorialise, memorialize, record remind - put in the mind of someone; "Remind me to call Mother" monumentalise, monumentalize - record or memorialize lastingly with a monument

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commemorate

verb celebrate, remember, honour, recognize, salute, pay tribute to, immortalize, memorialize a gallery of paintings commemorating great moments in baseball history
celebrate forget, ignore, overlook, omit, disregard, pass over, take no notice of

Translations

commemorate [kəˈmeməreɪt] VT → conmemorar

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commemorate [kəˈmɛmreɪt] vt [+ event, person] → commémorer

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commemorate

vt → gedenken (+gen); a festival to commemorate the event → eine Feier zum Gedenken an das Ereignis

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commemorate [kəˈmɛməreɪt] vt → commemorare

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commemorate

v commemorate [kəˈmeməreit]

1 (of people) to honour the memory of (someone) by a solemn celebration Once a year we commemorate his death in action by visiting his widow. herdenk يَحْتَفِل بِذِكْرى почитам паметта на uctívat (památku) mindes gedenken τιμώ τη μνήμη conmemorar (kellegi) mälestust austama بزرگداشت برپا کردن kunnioittaa jonkun muistoa célébrer לְהַנצִיח किसी उत्सव द्वारा स्मरण करना, मनाना komemorirati megünnepel merayakan minnast commemorare 祝う 기념하다 (pa)minėti atzīmēt; svinēt memperingati herdenken feire (minnet om), minnes obchodzić comemorar a sărbători отмечать годовщину pripomínať si proslaviti, počastiti davati pomen fira (hedra) minnet av ทำให้ระลึกถึง anmak 慶祝 шанувати пам'ять; відзначати роковини یاد گار بنانا kỷ niệm; tưởng niệm 庆祝

2 (of things) to serve as a memorial to (someone or something) This inscription commemorates those who died. gedenk يُحْيي ذِكْرى، يكونُ تِذْكارا لِ възпоменавам připomínat være til minde over erinnern τιμώ τη μνήμη conmemorar (kellelegi) mälestuseks olema یاد کسی یا چیزی را زنده نگه داشتن olla jonkin muistona commémorer לְצָייֵן זֶכֶר स्मारक slaviti uspomenu na megemlékezik mengenangkan vera til minningar um commemorare 記念する 추도하다 priminti pieminēt memperingati herdenken være til minne om upamiętniać comemorar a comemora ознаменовывать pripomínať spominjati (na koga/kaj) slaviti uspomenu na vara ett minnesmärke över เป็นอนุสรณ์ถึง anısını yaşatmak, anmak 紀念 cлужити нагадуванням یاد گار tưởng nhớ ai 纪念

adj comˈmemorative [-tiv]

herdenkings تِذْكاري служа за възпоменание pamětní minde-; erindrings-; jubilæums- Gedächtnis-/Gedenk... αναμνηστικός conmemorativo mälestus- وابسته به یادبود یا بزرگداشت muisto- commémoratif שֶל זִכָּרוֹן @@@שֶל זִיכָּרוֹן$$$ विशेष व्यक्ति या घटना के सम्मान में प्रस्तुत komemorativan, u spomen emlékeztető sebagai kenangan til minningar commemorativo 記念の 기념의 atminimo piemiņas-; jubilejas- dengan mengingati herdenkings- minne-, erindrings- pamiątkowy comemorativo come­mo­rativ мемориальный pamätný spominski komemorativni minnes- ที่เป็นการระลึกถึง anma, yâd etme, anıtsal 紀念的 меморіальний, пам'ятний یاد گاری để tưởng niệm; để kỷ niệm 纪念的

n comˌmemorˈation

herdenking إحْياء ذِكْرى، احْتِفال بِذِكْرى възпоменание vzpomínková slavnost, památka mindehøjtidelighed; jubilæumsfest die Gedenkfeier εορτασμός επετείου, μνημόσυνο conmemoración mälestuspüha بزرگداشت؛ یادبود muistojuhla commémoration הַנצָחָה स्मरणोत्सव komemoracija megemlékezés peringatan minningarathöfn commemorazione 記念 기념 paminėjimas atzīmēšana; pieminēšana; svinēšana peringatan herdenking (til) minne (om); minne-/jubileumsfest upamiętnienie comemoração comemorare ознаменование памяти spomienková slávnosť spominska slovesnost pomen åminnelse, firande การระลึกถึง anma (töreni) 紀念 поминання; відзначення یاد گار بنانے کا عمل sự tưởng niệm; kỷ niệm 纪念