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# commemoration

noun (a commemoration, commemorations; also uncountable)

«commemoration» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An event, ceremony or thing that helps people remember and honour a person or an important event. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemoration/#m1)
2. The act of remembering someone or something with respect. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemoration/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in history, citizenship and church: Remembrance Day, Anzac Day and memorials are commemorations of people who died in wars. It tells the reader that people are remembering with respect. Phrases: in commemoration of, a service of commemoration, commemoration ceremony.

### Examples

- A statue was built in commemoration of the brave nurse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemoration/#x1)
- The school held a commemoration for soldiers who died in the wars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemoration/#x2)
- Anzac Day is a commemoration in Australia and New Zealand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemoration/#x3)
- We planted a tree in commemoration of our old head teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemoration/#x4)
- The church holds a commemoration of the saint every year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemoration/#x5)
- The stamps were printed in commemoration of the anniversary. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemoration/#x6)
- The commemoration ended with two minutes of silence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemoration/#x7)
- There was an altar erected at Athens in honour of Boreas, in commemoration of his having destroyed the Persian fleet sent to attack the Greeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemoration/#x8)

### Note

Verb: commemorate; adjective: commemorative (a commemorative coin). Spelling: double m then one m: co-mm-e-m-oration. Similar: memorial, remembrance. A serious, respectful word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «commemoration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/commemoration/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«commemoration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/commemoration.html) on Mova free.