COMMEMORATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does commemoration mean?
• COMMEMORATION (noun)
The noun COMMEMORATION has 2 senses:
1. a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
2. a recognition of meritorious service
Familiarity information: COMMEMORATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COMMEMORATION (noun)
Meaning:
A ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
commemoration; memorialisation; memorialization
Hypernyms ("commemoration" is a kind of...):
ceremonial; ceremonial occasion; ceremony; observance (a formal event performed on a special occasion)
Meaning:
A recognition of meritorious service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
memorial; commemoration; remembrance
Hypernyms ("commemoration" is a kind of...):
credit; recognition (approval)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commemoration"):
epitaph (a summary statement of commemoration for a dead person)
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