Dictionary Check: commemorate

"commemorate" is a valid word!

Scrabble 19 points
Words with Friends 23 points

Definition

verb

celebrate by some ceremony or observation

Example: "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade"
Synonyms:
verb

call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony

Example: "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"
Synonyms:
verb

be or provide a memorial to a person or an event

Example: "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"

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