commemorate

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb mark by some ceremony or observation
  2. verb call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony
  3. verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event

Etymology

First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin commemorātus, perfect passive participle of commemorō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Sporadic usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

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mark

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