memorial
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4.6
- noun
- /məˈmɔːriəl/
- Formal
:
reconocimiento
- About 1,000 people attended a memorial service for Alnahdi at the university Thursday evening.
He wins James Tate Black Memorial Prize.
- He wins James Tate Black Memorial Prize.
- Knackered and Trump still getting over his big weekend in Paris, where he got a lot of Flack for skipping a memorial ceremony because of rain.
Examples
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The closing hymn of her memorial service carries the title, "Morning has Broken."
Academic text (2001) -
Peter jotted down the time and place of the memorial service on the back of a restaurant invoice.
Fiction book (1998) -
Did you have a poem planned for my memorial service?
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On your left is the Russian war memorial, built in honour of their soldiers killed in the battle of Berlin.
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Seth was surprised at the number of people who showed up at the memorial service.
Fiction book (1995) -
There's a memorial service tomorrow.
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This is our memorial to those who have been unseen and unheard.
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Today it is my honor to introduce the Richard Glover and Henry Russell Ames Memorial Award.
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As a memorial, it has been decided to establish the Abigail Mortimer Fifth-Form Poetry Prize.
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Here in Washington, the president attended a memorial ceremony at the Pentagon.
Synonyms
206
4.5
Words or actions that show respect and praise
39
6.8
An official award or letter praising someone for good work
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6.1
An act that honors people or events, often in a ceremony
20
3.2
An official statement praising someone for a good achievement
18
5.5
An official award that praises someone for brave or helpful service
Compounds
- US
35
1.3
A United States holiday on the last Monday in May to honor soldiers who died in war
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2.9
A large building in Washington, D.C. that honors President Abraham Lincoln and has a big marble statue of him
A pair of suspension bridges that cross the Delaware River between Delaware and New Jersey
A cemetery like a park with gardens and simple graves for quietly remembering people who have died
A national park in North Dakota that protects land once used by President Theodore Roosevelt
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Memorial can mean an official recognition or formal note in honor of service, and it comes from the root memor ('remember'). So a memorial is a formal way to show that someone's good work is remembered.