They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend.
Source: tatoeba (67227)
Commemorate
//kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt//
Synonyms for "commemorate" (37 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
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1 entriesRelated terms
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesmanner of
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6 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 20 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- anmaq verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
Bulgarian
2 entries- напомням verb (to serve as memorial to someone or something)
- отбелязвам годишнина verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
Catalan
1 entries- commemorar verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- بیرەوەریی کردن verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
Dutch
1 entries- herdenken verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
Finnish
1 entries- muistella verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
French
2 entries- commémorer verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
- commémorer verb (to serve as memorial to someone or something)
Galician
2 entries- conmemorar verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
- conmemorar verb (to serve as memorial to someone or something)
German
2 entries- erinnern an verb (to serve as memorial to someone or something)
- gedenken verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
Greek
1 entries- εορτάζω τη μνήμη verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
Hungarian
2 entries- emlékét őrzi verb (to serve as memorial to someone or something)
- megemlékezik verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
Indonesian
1 entries- memperingati verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
Italian
2 entries- commemorare verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
- commemorare verb (to serve as memorial to someone or something)
Māori
1 entries- whakamahara verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
Polish
3 entries- uczcić pamięć verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
- upamiętniać verb (to serve as memorial to someone or something)
- upamiętnić verb (to serve as memorial to someone or something)
Portuguese
1 entries- comemorar verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
Russian
4 entries- ознамено́вывать verb (to serve as memorial to someone or something)
- ознаменова́ть verb (to serve as memorial to someone or something)
- почти́ть verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
- чтить verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
Spanish
1 entries- conmemorar verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
Swedish
1 entries- högtidlighålla verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
Vietnamese
2 entries- kỷ niệm verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
- tưởng nhớ verb (to honor the memory of someone or something)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
This speech by Ronald Reagan was made to commemorate the death of the astronauts in a space shuttle accident.
Source: tatoeba (1171309)
Jews don't celebrate the holocaust, they commemorate it.
Source: tatoeba (3494968)
Who will commemorate me when I die?
Source: tatoeba (4838446)
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