commemorate
verb/kəˈmɛməreɪt/
Frequency rank: #7,721 most common English word
Meaning
to do something special to honour or remember an important person or event.
Example sentence
Every year, the town holds a ceremony to commemorate the soldiers who lost their lives in the war.
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