commemorate
verb (used with object)
to serve as a memorial or reminder of.
has commemorated
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present perfectof commemorate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Ms Meloni has commemorated the 1978 killings in the past.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2024
The event has commemorated the harvest season for more than 70 years.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
In her installation for Delta, the painter Aliza Nisenbaum has commemorated a cross-section of Terminal C’s labor force in a monumental group portrait.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
The photographer Dawoud Bey has commemorated the attack with his powerful portrait series, The Birmingham Project.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2018
In one of the frescoes of the Vatican, Raphael has commemorated the tradition of the Catholic religion.
From The Renaissance: studies in art and poetry by Walter Pater
