commemorating
- adjective
- /kəˈmɛm.ə.reɪ.tɪŋ/
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conmemorativo
- That's a real mural commemorating the historic moment.
Widener Library commemorating a graduate of Harvard who died on the Titanic with his father.
- Widener Library commemorating a graduate of Harvard who died on the Titanic with his father.
Examples
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You'll see them having passion plays, for example, commemorating the the death of Ali and and his his sons.
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Every year, they hold a ceremony commemorating those who served in the military.
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There is not even a stone commemorating who is lying in the ground.
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And it was sort of a it was a series of paintings commemorating the feelings of the moment.
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Widener Library commemorating a graduate of Harvard who died on the Titanic with his father.
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The city unveiled a statue commemorating the heroes of the war.
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The book includes photographs commemorating important events in the town's history.
Synonyms
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6.3
Made to honor a person or event
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3.7
To remember someone who has died
Helping people remember someone or something
Antonyms
How Commemorative
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6.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
commemorating = commemorate (transparent) = commemorate + ing
The participial adjective is a regular -ing form of the verb 'commemorate', so the relation to the base verb is clear.
Etymology
Commemorating comes from Latin parts com- 'together' and memor 'memory', and it shares the same root as memory. So to commemorate is to remember together and to honor someone or something.