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What does commemorate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word commemorate? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.
  2. (transitive) To serve as a memorial to someone or something.
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Postage stamps are often issued to commemorate the anniversary of an important event.
I was wonderstruck that he had got two thousand pounds in 1928 by writing a symphony, his No 6, to commemorate the Schubert centenary.
On Good Friday, continental Europeans commemorate that Christ was crucified and died to absolve our sins and give us eternal salvation.
Pope John Paul II dedicated his weekly general audience at the Vatican to commemorate the attacks.
We see a renewed effort to commemorate the fallen on Remembrance Day and the laying of that misunderstood poppy wreath.
The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after a harsh winter.

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