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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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Community members, young and old, braved an early morning rise to help commemorate Anzac Day in Geraldton yesterday.
He displayed it in a reliquary at a liturgical station at the hospital of S. Spirito, to commemorate the Feast of the Wedding at Cana.
The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, to commemorate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after a harsh winter.
On Good Friday, continental Europeans commemorate that Christ was crucified and died to absolve our sins and give us eternal salvation.
We see a renewed effort to commemorate the fallen on Remembrance Day and the laying of that misunderstood poppy wreath.
The gallery still houses one of the finest surviving suites of Regency giltwood furniture made to commemorate Lord Nelson and his victories.

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