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"
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"
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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