commemoration

com·mem·o·ra·tion

(kə-mĕm′ə-rā′shən)

1. The act of honoring the memory of or serving as a memorial to someone or something.

2. Something that honors or preserves the memory of another.

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commemoration

(kəˌmɛməˈreɪʃən)

1. the act or an instance of commemorating

2. a ceremony or service in memory of a person or event

comˌmemoˈrational adj

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com•mem•o•ra•tion

(kəˌmɛm əˈreɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the act of commemorating.

2. a service, celebration, etc., in memory of some person or event.

[1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin]

com•mem`o•ra′tion•al, adj.

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Noun	1.	commemoration - a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something memorialisation, memorialization ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance - a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"
	2.	commemoration - a recognition of meritorious service memorial, remembrance epitaph - a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person festschrift - a collection of writings published in honor of a scholar credit, recognition - approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"

commemoration

noun

1. ceremony, tribute, memorial service, testimonial A special commemoration for her will be held next week.

2. remembrance, honour, tribute a march in commemoration of Malcolm X

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commemoration

noun

1. The act of observing a day or an event with ceremonies:

celebration, observance.

2. Something, as a structure or custom, serving to honor or keep alive a memory:

memorial, monument, remembrance.

Translations

إحْياء ذِكْرى، احْتِفال بِذِكْرى

památkavzpomínková slavnost

jubilæumsfestmindehøjtidelighed

Gedenkfeier

commémoration

megemlékezés

minningarathöfn

commemorazione

jubileumsfest minnefest

spomienková slávnosť

anma

纪念

commemoration

[kəˌmeməˈreɪʃən]

A. N → conmemoración f
in commemoration of → en conmemoración de

B. CPD [service, ceremony] → de conmemoración

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

commemoration

[kəˌmɛməˈreɪʃ^ən] n [event, anniversary] → commémoration f

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commemoration

n → Gedenken nt; in commemoration of → zum Gedenken an (+acc)

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commemoration

[kəˌmɛməˈreɪʃ/ən] n → commemorazione f
in commemoration of → in memoria di

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commemorate

(kəˈmeməreit) verb

1. (of people) to honour the memory of (someone) by a solemn celebration. Once a year we commemorate his death in action by visiting his widow.

2. (of things) to serve as a memorial to (someone or something). This inscription commemorates those who died.

comˈmemorative (-tiv) adjective

comˌmemorˈation noun

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In commemoration of what event, however, or in honour of what distinguished personage, the feast was to be given, altogether passed my comprehension.

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The "Commemoration Ode" of Lowell has also been a source from which I drank something of the divine ecstasy of the poet's own exalted mood, and I would set this level with the 'Biglow Papers,' high above all his other work, and chief of the things this age of our country shall be remembered by.

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"Yes, there's a meeting of the Society of Amateurs today in commemoration of the jubilee of Svintitch," said Katavasov in answer to Levin's inquiry.

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On this occasion, the feast was especially plentiful and expensive, in commemoration not only of the arrival of the Midsummer holidays, but of the coming freedom of Miss Ladd's two leading young ladies.

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"Oration at Plymouth, December 22, 1802, in Commemoration of the Landing of the Pilgrims."

Let it be, then, our present occupation to inquire and endeavor to ascertain the causes first put in operation at the period of our commemoration, and already productive of such magnificent effects; to examine with reiterated care and minute attention the characters of those men who gave the first impulse to a new series of events in the history of the world; to applaud and emulate those qualities of their minds which we shall find deserving of our admiration; to recognize with candor those features which forbid approbation or even require censure, and, finally, to lay alike their frailties and their perfections to our own hearts, either as warning or as example.

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No sound louder than a stifled sob had been heard among them, nor had even a limb been moved throughout that long and painful period, except to perform the simple and touching offerings that were made, from time to time, in commemoration of the dead.

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A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.

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It was the anniversary of that happy day on which the Church of England as by law established, had bestowed Mrs Kenwigs upon Mr Kenwigs; and in grateful commemoration of the same, Mrs Kenwigs had invited a few select friends to cards and a supper in the first floor, and had put on a new gown to receive them in: which gown, being of a flaming colour and made upon a juvenile principle, was so successful that Mr Kenwigs said the eight years of matrimony and the five children seemed all a dream, and Mrs Kenwigs younger and more blooming than on the very first Sunday he had kept company with her.

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Banks, in commemoration of his disastrous excursion, which proved fatal to two men of his party, and nearly so to Dr.

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The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Committee for the Protection of the Rights of the Serbs announced that the Una-Sana Cantonal Ministry of Interior, with its decision to ban the commemoration for 12,000 Serbs killed in World War II in Garavice near Bihac, has set a precedent that may put into question all commemorations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Decision to prohibit the commemoration in Garavice is unfounded

Sleeping and catering facilities at Otjiwarongo are smiling for the thousands of people coming to their town on Monday for the Heroes' Day commemoration.