commemorate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they commemorate | |
| he / she / it commemorates | |
| past simple commemorated | |
| past participle commemorated | |
| -ing form commemorating |
- commemorate something/somebody
to remind people of an important event or person from the past with a special action or object; to exist to remind people of a person or an event from the past （用…）纪念；作为…的纪念 A series of movies will be shown to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of his death. 将放映一系列电影来纪念他逝世三十周年。 A plaque commemorates the battle. 设了一块匾额来纪念那次战役。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCommemorate is used with these nouns as the subject:- ceremony
- festival
- memorial
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin commemorat- ‘brought to remembrance’, from the verb commemorare, from com- ‘altogether’ + memorare ‘relate’ (from memor ‘mindful’).