Commemorative Definition

kə-mĕmər-ə-tĭv, -ə-rā-
adjective
Serving to commemorate.
Webster's New World
Honoring or preserving the memory of another.
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Produced in limited quantities over a specific period of time to honor a special event or anniversary. Used of coins and postage stamps.
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The definition of commemorative is something intended to act as a memorial or as an official expression of honoring a person or an event.
When someone has died and his family donates money in the deceased person's name to create a scholarship fund to honor the deceased, this is an example of a commemorative scholarship fund.
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noun
Something that honors or preserves the memory of another.
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Anything that commemorates, as a stamp or coin that marks an event or honors a person, issued in limited quantities and for a limited time.
Webster's New World
A commemorative coin or postage stamp.
American Heritage
A commemorative is defined as a coin or other object that is made with the intent to honor or memorialize a person or an event.
A coin with the face of Abraham Lincoln that is designed to honor Lincoln is an example of a commemorative.
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Other Word Forms of Commemorative

Noun

Singular:
commemorative
Plural:
commemoratives

Origin of Commemorative

Commemorative Sentence Examples

  • Commemorative monuments have been erected in both places.

  • He declared that Luther was in a fog, and that Christ had warned His disciples against all such notions, and had proclaimed that by faith alone could His presence be received in a feast which He designed to be commemorative and symbolical.

  • The commemorative festival of the Soteria, which the league established at Delphi, obtained recognition from many leading Greek states.

  • White flowers, symbolic of peace, were laid in commemorative solidarity.

  • They were introduced as a security measure, in an attempt to curtail the level of sectarian violence which often accompanied commemorative parades.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOM

Words Ending With

EVEIVE

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Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CO & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With VE

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13 Letter Words13 Letter Words Starting With C13 Letter Words Ending With E