commemoration
/kəˌmɛməˈɹeɪʃən/
commemoration noun: the act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.
Noun
commemoration (countable and uncountable, plural commemorations)
- The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.
- commemoration ceremony
- in commemoration of
- That which serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
- The specification of individual saints in the prayers for the dead.
- The great festival of the Oxford academic year, usually taking place on the third Wednesday after Trinity Sunday.
commemoration meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
commemoration in Hindi
- स्मरणोत्सव
commemoration in Tamil
- நினைவு வழிபாடு, நினைவு விழா, நினைவுச் சின்னம், நினைவு கூர்தல்
commemoration in Marathi
- स्मरणोत्सव
commemoration in Urdu
- جشن یاد گاری, یاد آوری, ذکر خیر
More languagesFewer languages
- commemoration in Bengali
- স্মরণোৎসব
- commemoration in Malayalam
- സ്മരണോത്സവം, സ്മരണാഘോഷം, സ്മാരകപ്പെരുന്നാൾ, ഓർമ്മപ്പെരുന്നാൾ
- commemoration in Kannada
- ನೆನಸುಗೆ, ಸ್ಮಾರಕೋತ್ಸವ, ಸ್ಮಾರಕ
- commemoration in Gujarati
- સ્મરણોત્સવ
- commemoration in Nepali
- स्मरणोत्सव, स्मरणोत्सवन
Examples of commemoration in a sentence
- annual commemoration
- A statue was built in commemoration of the event.
- The service was held in commemoration of fallen soldiers.
Forms of commemoration
| plural | commemorations |
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Origin of commemoration
First attested in 1384, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English commemoracioun, from Old French commemoration (French commémoration), from Latin commemorātiō. By surface analysis, commemorate + -ion
Words formed from commemoration
Words that rhyme with commemoration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about commemoration
- What does commemoration mean?
- Commemoration means the act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.
- What is commemoration in Hindi?
- Commemoration in Hindi is स्मरणोत्सव. See Commemoration meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use commemoration in a sentence?
- annual commemoration
- What part of speech is commemoration?
- Commemoration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce commemoration?
- Commemoration is pronounced /kəˌmɛməˈɹeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of commemoration?
- The plural of commemoration is commemorations.
Words near commemoration in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: commemoration (page history and authors); commemoration (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); commemoration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); commemoration (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); commemoration (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); commemoration (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); commemoration (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); commemoration (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); commemoration (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); commemoration (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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