Definitions for commemorate

commemorate com·mem·o·rate

Spelling: [kuh-mem-uh-reyt]
IPA: /kəˈmɛm əˌreɪt/

Commemorate is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 395 anagrams from letters in commemorate (aceemmmoort).

Definitions for commemorate

verb (used with object)

  1. to serve as a memorial or reminder of:
  2. to honor the memory of by some observance:
  3. to make honorable mention of.

Origin of commemorate

1590-1600; Latin commemorātus (past participle of commemorāre) to recall, put on record, equivalent to com- com- + memor mindful + -ātus Examples for commemorate

Is she ever ready to commemorate birthdays and family festivals?'

Instead, the Giglese will commemorate the shipwreck with a prayer service on Jan. 13 every year, and nothing more.

A gold medal was struck off to commemorate the event; and Charles IX.

Now, the date is used to commemorate those who have died in all conflicts.

So, to commemorate her 75th birthday, the two got matching butterfly tattoos on their wrists.

These all commemorate, as it were, but the inception of the great discovery.

The House does well to pause in its deliberations to commemorate this anniversary.

At one point, Turness suggested that Gregory have a live band close out the show to commemorate the death of Nelson Mandela.

It is to commemorate some fellow who was killed here in '18.

Nearly 10,000 people, most of them freedmen, gathered in the freshly landscaped burial ground to commemorate the dead.

Word Value for commemorate
Scrable

19

Words with friends

23

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