commemorate

verb/kəˈmɛməreɪt/

Frequency rank: #7,721 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

to do something special to honour or remember an important person or event.

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Example sentence

Every year, the town holds a ceremony to commemorate the soldiers who lost their lives in the war.

Synonyms & related words

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