Past tense of commemorate
regular verb
The past tense of commemorate is commemorated. The past participle is also commemorated.
Forms of commemorate
| Base form (V1) | commemorate /kəˈmɛməˌɹeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | commemorated |
| Past participle (V3) | commemorated |
| Present participle | commemorating |
| Third person singular | commemorates |
Commemorated in a sentence
- On the anniversary of Korczak's murder, Israel commemorated him with a special postal issue.2009, Naava Piatka, No Goodbyes: A Father-Daughter Memoir of Love, War and Resurrection, page 98
- "American Yiddish commemorated this era of poor management with the term "kessel garten", meaning a crowded and disorderly place."From the entry kesselgarten
- Our ancestors were creative in the ways they commemorated historical climactic events.2020, Valerie Trouet, “Winter is Coming”, in Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings, Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins…. From the entry hunger stone
- The reigning monarch, King George VI, is commemorated by two express engines—G.W.R.1945 July and August, “Notes and News: Duplicate Locomotive Names”, in Railway Magazine, page 235. From the entry reigning
- On Oct. 26, one of those attacks was commemorated.2024 October 29, Yvonne Krumrey, “Navy apologizes to Angoon community for bombarding village in 1882”, in NPR. From the entry Lingít
Meaning of commemorate
- verb To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.
- verb To serve as a memorial to someone or something.
- adjective Commemorated.
Questions about the past tense of commemorate
- What is the past tense of commemorate?
- The past tense of commemorate is commemorated.
- What is the past participle of commemorate?
- The past participle of commemorate is commemorated.
- Is commemorate a regular or irregular verb?
- Commemorate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: commemorate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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