commemoration

noun

com·​mem·​o·​ra·​tion kə-ˌme-mə-ˈrā-shən 

1

: the act of commemorating

2

: something that commemorates

Example Sentences

Several well-known celebrities attended the commemoration.

Recent Examples on the Web

Juneteenth Citywide Celebration: Anchorage, June 17-18 Juneteenth, or June 19, is a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. —Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023

The commemoration begins every year on the Sunday before the Israeli observance of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, and just ended on April 23. —Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2023

Mosques held prayers inside, rather than out in the open, in a muted commemoration of a typically joyous holiday, the Associated Press reported. —Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023

But the commemoration also serves as an unspoken reminder that such diplomatic breakthroughs have become a thing of the past. —Peter Baker, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023

Patrick Semansky/Associated Press This year’s commemoration came as the historic city of roughly 18,000 was still digging out from the aftermath of a January EF-2 tornado that destroyed or damaged thousands of properties in and around Selma. —Aamer Madhani And Kim Chandler, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2023

During this commemoration in 2016, as hundreds of thousands of devotees prayed to this orisha in an hours-long festivity that always takes place on the beachfront of the Rio Vermelho neighborhood, Cintia Maria, a regular goer, felt deeply bothered. —Beatriz Miranda, refinery29.com, 2 Feb. 2023

This annual commemoration is a truly profound occasion in which the United Kingdom comes together to remember those who were murdered, to honour those who survived, and to resolve to work to ensure that the horrors of the past never happen again. —Town & Country, 27 Jan. 2023

In Mexico, the commemoration of the Battle of Puebla is limited to a civic celebration held in Puebla that includes representations of the battle. —Imelda García, Dallas News, 4 May 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing commemoration

• in commemoration of

• in commemoration of

Kids Definition

commemoration

noun

com·​mem·​o·​ra·​tion kə-ˌmem-ə-ˈrā-shən 

1

: the act of commemorating

2

: a ceremony that commemorates