Meaning & use
Commemorating
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Honoring the memory of a person or event through a ceremony, object, or action.
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The city unveiled a statue commemorating the soldiers who died in the war.
They held a dinner commemorating fifty years of marriage.
A note on using this word
The present-participle form of the verb 'commemorate,' from Latin commemorare, meaning 'to bring to remembrance.'
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