commemorate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++com·mem·o·rate /kəˈmeməreɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive]  CELEBRATEREMEMBERto do something to show that you remember and respect someone important or an important event in the past 庆祝，为…举行纪念活动 a parade to commemorate the town’s bicentenary 庆祝该镇建立200周年的游行 —commemorative /kəˈmemərətɪv/ adjective a commemorative plaque 纪念匾→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

commemorate• When a famous citizen died, he was commemorated by a statue or a plaque.• Throughout the years, celebrations have been held to commemorate Coronations, Jubilees, and Royal marriages.• He also instituted a festival called Delphinia to commemorate his victory.• An imaginative programme of steam trains, listed below, was arranged to commemorate it.• The book will be published in October to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Morris's death.• Vienna commemorated the 200th anniversary of Schubert's birth with a series of exhibitions and concerts.• The shrines might have commemorated the creation of the palaces themselves.• And Richard Hollins Murray set about creating cloisters to commemorate the links with the past.• The Eid commemorates the prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son at God's command.• The annual parade commemorates the soldiers who died in the two World Wars.• In the park, there is a plaque commemorating the town's 150th anniversary.• Long Melford is one of the wool churches that commemorate the wealth of East Anglia in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.Origin commemorate (1600-1700) Latin past participle of commemorare, from com- ( → COM-) + memorare “to remind of”

com·mem·o·rate verbChineseSyllable  

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commemorate
com‧mem‧o‧rate /kəˈmeməreɪt/ verb [transitive]to do something to show that you remember and respect someone important or an important event in the past:
    a parade to commemorate the town’s bicentenary
—commemorative /kəˈmemərətɪv/ adjective:
    a commemorative plaque

com·mem·or·ateBrE /kəˈmeməreɪt/ 🔊NAmE /kəˈmeməreɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they commemorate BrE /kəˈmeməreɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /kəˈmeməreɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it commemorates BrE /kəˈmeməreɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /kəˈmeməreɪts/ 🔊past simple commemorated BrE /kəˈmeməreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /kəˈmeməreɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle commemorated BrE /kəˈmeməreɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /kəˈmeməreɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form commemorating BrE /kəˈmeməreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /kəˈmeməreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth/sb to remind people of an important person or event 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 30th anniversary of his death. 为纪念他逝世 30 周年，有一系列的电影将要上映。🔊🔊◆A plaque commemorates the battle. 设了一块匾额来纪念那次战役。🔊🔊

anniversary, birthday, celebrate, commemorate, festivity, jubilee, occasion, parade, party, reception