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- pronunciation:
- k
me
m
reIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
commemorates, commemorating, commemorated |
| definition 1: |
to serve as a reminder of or memorial to.
This museum commemorates the victims of the Holocaust.- synonyms:
- celebrate, memorialize
- similar words:
- honor, observe
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| definition 2: |
to honor the memory of with some special token or ceremony.
The U.S. Postal Service will issue a postage stamp that commemorates Mother Teresa's birthday.- synonyms:
- celebrate, memorialize
- similar words:
- honor, observe
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| related words: |
celebrate |
adverb + (v.)commemorate
annually, officially
(v.)commemorate
+ noun
accomplishment,
achievement,
adventure,
anniversary,
battle,
birth,
birthday,
bombing,
centenary,
comrade,
contribution,
coronation,
crucifixion,
death,
dedication,
defeat,
destruction,
disaster,
encounter,
event,
feat,
founder,
founding,
friendship,
heritage,
hero,
inauguration,
incident,
independence,
invasion,
killing,
landing,
legacy,
liberation,
major,
martyr,
martyrdom,
massacre,
milestone,
millennium,
miracle,
occasion,
opening,
passing,
patron,
pope,
pueblo,
railroad,
resurrection,
revolution,
riot,
sacrifice,
settlement,
siege,
slavery,
spot,
temple,
tragedy,
trail,
triumph,
underground,
uprising,
veteran,
victim,
victory,
visit,
voyage,
wedding
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| derivation: |
commemorator (n.) |
The word commemorate
contains the following parts:
com-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix com-
attaches to Latin bases beginning with m, p, or b. It has multiple forms, as the 'm' sound in com-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms col-, con-, cor-, and co-. Note: com-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " commemorate
" and " command
."
Example words:
accomplish, combat, combine, commerce, commercial, commingle, commission, commissioner, commit, comparison, complex, comport, comprehend, incomprehensible, command, commemorate, commute, compare, compel, complacent, complete, complement, complicate, compliment, compose, component, compound1, compulsory, compulsive, computer, compute
- synonyms:
- syn-
memor, member, membr
Latin
root
that means memory
Example words:
- synonyms:
- mne, mnes, mnest
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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