Definition of commemorate

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• commemorate is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 19
• commemorate is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 19
• commemorate is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 23

Definition of commemorate

• celebrate by some ceremony or observation (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. mark
• call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. remember
• be or provide a memorial to a person or an event (verb)

  Examples

  1. This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps

  Synonyms

  1. immortalise
  2. immortalize
  3. memorialise
  4. memorialize

See definition of commemorate in Merriam Webster