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# commemorate

«commemorate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To commemorate an important event or person is to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (commemorate, commemorates, commemorated, commemorating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To commemorate an important event or person is to remember and honour them, often with a ceremony or a special object. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemorate/#m1)

2) A statue, plaque or stamp that commemorates something is made to help people remember it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemorate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons and in everyday life people commemorate wars, heroes and famous events: Remembrance Day commemorates soldiers who died, and churches commemorate saints on their feast days. Phrases: «commemorate the dead», «a plaque to commemorate», «a coin commemorating».

### examples

- We wear poppies to commemorate the soldiers who died in wars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemorate/#x1)
- A statue was built to commemorate the brave nurse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemorate/#x2)
- The new stamp commemorates a famous scientist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemorate/#x3)
- Christians commemorate the Last Supper on Maundy Thursday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemorate/#x4)
- The school planted a tree to commemorate its old head teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemorate/#x5)
- The town holds a parade to commemorate its founding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemorate/#x6)
- A blue plaque commemorates the writer who lived here. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemorate/#x7)
- Festivals were instituted as seasons of rest, rejoicing, and thanksgiving, and also as anniversaries to commemorate events of national importance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemorate/#x8)

### note

Regular verb, past «commemorated». Noun: commemoration; adjective: commemorative («a commemorative mug»). Spelling: two m's at the start (comm-), one m in the middle (-mem-). Formal; plain words: remember, honour, mark.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «commemorate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemorate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.