remembrance
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6.1
- noun
- /rɪˈmɛmbrəns/
- Formal
:
conmemoración
- The community organized a day of remembrance to celebrate the heroism of local veterans.
- Remembrance Day
- remembrance service
- act of remembrance
So we want to pray and dedicate this podcast to to his remembrance, blessings to his family, prayers up.
- So we want to pray and dedicate this podcast to to his remembrance, blessings to his family, prayers up.
- Politicians here are quite concerned because this upcoming weekend in the UK is Remembrance Weekend.
- I don't know, it's something to do with the two-minute silence and the Muslims wouldn't the Muslims wouldn't recognise that it was our our Remembrance Day.
Examples
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The parts coexist at that particular site to provide a contemporary, reworked act of remembrance, commemoration, and celebration.
Academic text (2000) -
What about the annual commemoration ceremonies on June 4 in remembrance of Tiananmen?
Academic text (1997) -
Welcome, everyone, to this special walk for remembrance and hope.
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Maybe we should do something on our own, like have a remembrance or something.
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Those of you who would like to pay a final remembrance... ...please step forward at this time.
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Thank you very much for inviting me today, for this day of remembrance and reflection of what we do.
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Today is a day for mourning and remembrance.
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The Eucharist is the communal remembrance of Jesus' gift of himself for others.
Academic text (2001) -
On December 14, 1949, I was introduced to the annual party given in remembrance of Mr. Lhevinne's birthday.
Academic text (1996) -
VP NANCY: Lastly, a reminder that Monday is a national holiday in remembrance of Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.
Synonyms
206
4.5
Words or actions that show respect and praise
42
4.6
An official statement that praises a person's service or achievements
15
6.0
A ceremony to honor and remember people or events
9
4.1
A medal or ribbon given to honor someone's achievement
6
4.7
A formal event to mark or honor a special day
3
4.1
A day to remember and honor people or events from the past
1
7.7
The act of remembering someone or something in public, for example by making a monument
A public ceremony to honor a person for their service
An act that honors people or events from the past
Antonyms
Compounds
Sunday closest to November 11 when people in the UK and some other countries remember those who died in wars
How Formal
160
3.4
197
3.7
901
2.5
- Formal
37
6.1
206
4.5
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word remembrance comes from the parts re- 'again' and memor 'mindful', the same root as memory and remember. So a 'remembrance' is something that reminds people of someone or their deeds—like a ceremony or a medal to honor them.