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/kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt/ · verb
(transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object..
On November 11th we commemorate the fallen with a march.
On the anniversary of Korczak's murder, Israel commemorated him with a special postal issue. As a stamp collector and philatelic columnist, it pleased me greatly when other countries followed Israel's example in honoring him.
The cenotaph commemorates the fallen.
In almost all the Psalms of praise, we find the preceding distress and afflictions […] first pathetically commemorat.
Use commemorate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Commemorate means (transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object..
Common synonyms include memorialize, mark, remember, immortalize.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
On November 11th we commemorate the fallen with a march.
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