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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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I was wonderstruck that he had got two thousand pounds in 1928 by writing a symphony, his No 6, to commemorate the Schubert centenary.
We see a renewed effort to commemorate the fallen on Remembrance Day and the laying of that misunderstood poppy wreath.
Pope John Paul II dedicated his weekly general audience at the Vatican to commemorate the attacks.
The gallery still houses one of the finest surviving suites of Regency giltwood furniture made to commemorate Lord Nelson and his victories.
The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after a harsh winter.
The wood has been planted with more than 400 oak, rowan and birch trees bought in memory of loved ones or to commemorate a special occasion.

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