commemorate
verb
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When you remember something, you are mindful of it. And you are especially mindful when you commemorate something, formalizing your remembrance by doing something special, such as attending a parade or taking part in a ceremony. It’s appropriate, therefore, that commemorate and other related memory-associated words (including memorable, memorial, remember, and memory itself) come from the Latin root memor, meaning “mindful.” English speakers have been marking the memory of important events with commemorate since the late 16th century.
Examples of commemorate in a Sentence
Janine Henni, People.com, 21 July 2025
Mentions of trans people were removed from the National Park Service website about the National Monument at Stonewall, commemorating the start of the modern LGBTQ+ civil rights movement, an effort initially led in part by trans people.
—Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 21 July 2025
On April 2, 2023, as the DNR was working on plans to commemorate the EagleCam’s 10-year anniversary, the nest collapsed in a heavy spring snowfall, and the chick, which was barely a week old, didn’t survive, Naumann says.
—Brad Dokken, Twin Cities, 19 July 2025
In a recent post on Instagram Stories, the influencer shared a photo of her young son, Elliot, to commemorate the baby boy turning 4 months old.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 17 July 2025
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“Commemorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commemorate. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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