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Meaning of commemoration in English

commemoration
noun [ C or U ]
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/kəˌmem.əˈreɪ.ʃən/ us
/kəˌmem.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
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something that is done to remember officially and give respect to a great person or event:
in commemoration of A set of stamps has been commissioned in commemoration of Independence Day.
Thousands of veterans will take part in a commemoration of the battle.
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commemorative
(Definition of commemoration from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of commemoration

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The utterances are considered inappropriate in contexts of joyful commemoration and reminiscence.
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Commemoration of the supposed conspiracy of 1641 raised no contentious or disturbing issues.
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From this perspective the biblical passages are appropriated and musically framed to express the human psychology of loss, grief, commemoration and consolation.
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Yet multiple meanings and discourses are intrinsic to the workings of commemoration in general.
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Although this act of sanctified burial and commemoration relocates the disappeared person within society, it is clearly incompatible with certain constructions of the disappeared.
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Is the scene a commemoration of one simultaneous event or of three different events?
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These include mourning and commemoration of the victims of violence on both sides.
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The city deliberately postponed celebrations in order to deflect energy and finances into the 1913 commemorations.
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There is some archaeology associated with all of these sites of commemoration.
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If we can raise a million and a half this year at the commemoration activities, it will be okay.
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The book is at its best when covering the commemorations of the last hundred years.
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Of interest to the historian is the connection with holy sites and liturgical commemorations.
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The placement and commemoration of national death, they continue, is central to asser ting these claims.
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In this way, the form and focus of commemorations changed from year to year.
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The broad scope of commemoration is also notable in two other ways.
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Translations of commemoration

in Chinese (Traditional)
紀念, 紀念活動…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
纪念, 纪念活动…
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conmemoración, conmemoración [feminine]…
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in Portuguese
comemoração, homenagem [feminine]…
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commémoration [feminine], commémoration…
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記念（きねん）…
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anma (töreni)…
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vzpomínková slavnost, památka…
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mindehøjtidelighed, jubilæumsfest…
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peringatan…
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การระลึกถึง…
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sự tưởng niệm, kỷ niệm…
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åminnelse, firande…
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peringatan…
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die Gedenkfeier…
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minne [neuter], (til) minne (om), minne-/jubileumsfest…
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поминання, відзначення…
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