Added 9 October 2026
commemorate
/kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt/ verb
Latin root: commemorātus First recorded: 1599 Wiktionary
verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about commemorate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Celebrate by some ceremony or observation.
The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade
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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
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Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event.
This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
Origin
First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin commemorātus, perfect passive participle of commemorō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Sporadic usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)