commemorating

1 4.5

Honors a person or event by helping people remember them

adjective
/kəˈmɛm.ə.reɪ.tɪŋ/

: 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.

Examples

You'll see them having passion plays, for example, commemorating the the death of Ali and and his his sons.
Every year, they hold a ceremony commemorating those who served in the military.
There is not even a stone commemorating who is lying in the ground.
And it was sort of a it was a series of paintings commemorating the feelings of the moment.
Widener Library commemorating a graduate of Harvard who died on the Titanic with his father.

Harvard University
The city unveiled a statue commemorating the heroes of the war.
The book includes photographs commemorating important events in the town's history.

Synonyms

in memory of

vscommemorating

34 3.7

To remember someone who has died

is used more broadly for honoring or remembering people, events, or occasions

commemorative

vscommemorating

22 6.3

Made to honor a person or event

is the same meaning but used as an action rather than a label

memorious

vscommemorating

Archaic

9.9

Helping people remember someone or something

is focused on serving as a remembrance or honor rather than preserving memory

Antonyms

neglectful

8 4.4

Not giving enough care or attention when something needs it

How Commemorative

commemorating

1 4.5

commemorative

22 6.3

Surface Forms

commemorating positive

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.