commemoration
commemoration
Definition
com·memo·ra·tion (kə mem′ə rā′s̸hən)
noun
- the act of commemorating
- a celebration in memory of someone or something
in commemoration of
in honor of the memory of
commemoration
Synonyms
commemoration
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- attend: The Gazette had received several phone calls of complaint from those attending the commemoration.
- hold: In 2006 we held the commemoration on Tuesday the 4th of July at St George's Chapel, Westminster Abbey.
Adjective modifier
- d-day: Richard implemented a change to the upgraded server, at about the time of the D-Day commemoration in June.
- 60th: I was in Auschwitz at the 60th anniversary commemoration [ of its liberation by Allied forces ] , in January.
- annual: In March, the region is filled with tourists during the annual commemoration.
- anniversary: There is a superb opportunity in the 60th Anniversary Commemorations of WW2 between now and 2005.
- official: However, thousands of merchant seafarers who died during WWII are still not entitled to an official commemoration.
- permanent: A permanent commemoration of the Coronation of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II took the form of two large Prayer Books for the clergy stalls.
Modifies a noun
- ceremony: Anyone who was directly affected by the attack was invited to the commemoration ceremony.
- parade: In June 1969 a proposed Connolly commemoration parade through Belfast city center was bitterly opposed by loyalists.
- event: A commemoration sales event will take place on November 25 in Osaka.
Noun used with modifier
- anniversary: Autumn 2003 marked the start of the 50th anniversary commemorations of Dylan Thomas ' untimely death.
Preposition: in
- cemetery: Notes: 1. Individual commemorations in the cemetery can be found here.
Preposition: of
- anniversary: This year, the event was the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- saint: Some questions: What are the implications of dates being given to the commemoration of saints?
- battle: The Prince of Wales meets soldiers at the 90th Anniversary of the commemoration of the Battle of the Somme in Thiepval, France.
- war: To this end, commemoration of the war began promptly in 1945.
- death: This day was observed at Bream church as the commemoration of the death of late Vicar, the Rev. J.F.
- event: For the Swifts however, it was an occasion for commemoration of an event that few of us will forget in our lifetime.
Preposition: for
- anniversary: Sunday 31 March 1991 Republicans held commemorations for the 75th anniversary of the Easter Rising that took place in Dublin in 1916.
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