commemorate[verb]Synonyms: remember, celebrate, honour, immortalize, pay tribute to, salute
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
com‧mem‧o‧rate /kəˈmeməreɪt/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of commemorare, from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + memorare 'to remind of']
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 /kəˈmem
ərətɪv/
adjective:
a commemorative plaque [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲