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How to pronounce commemoration in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms memorialisation, memorialization
Type of ceremonial, observance, ceremony, ceremonial occasion
Derivation commemorate
Type Words
Synonyms memorial, remembrance
Type of recognition, credit
Has types festschrift, epitaph
Derivation commemorate

Examples of commemoration

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The prayers include commemoration of the events of Jesus'crucifixion and burial.
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After this event October 10 became known as the commemoration of Double Ten Day.
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On the western side stand returned commemoration stele from Hong Kong and Macao.
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The commemoration rally is traditionally held on the second Sunday of each year.
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Joseph, Mo., on an annual commemoration of Pony Express mail service in 1860-61.
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The infliction of death, and its commemoration, is often specific and selective.
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The book, Proulx insists, is more a commemoration than a plea to save the desert.
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A service in commemoration and remembrance of the 10th anniversary of the Sept.
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Besides, the commemoration of July 14th scarcely began in revolutionary spirit.
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More examples
  • A ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
  • Memorial: a recognition of meritorious service
  • (commemorate) mark by some ceremony or observation; "The citizens mark the anniversary of the revolution with a march and a parade"
  • (commemorate) be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead"
  • (commemorating) commemorative: intended as a commemoration; "a commemorative plaque"
  • Commemorations are a type of religious observance in the Church of England. They are the least significant type of observance, the others being Principal Feasts, Principal Holy Days, Festivals, and Lesser Festivals. ...
  • In the Tridentine Mass period of the Roman Rite, when a higher-ranked liturgical celebration impeded the celebration of a lesser that, either permanently or (in a particular year) by coincidence, fell on the same day, the prayer of the lower-ranked celebration was usually added to that of the ...
  • (commemorate) to honor with ceremony
  • (commemorate) to honor an outstanding person, place, or event in history.