"commemoration" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: commemorations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From commemorate + -ion, from Old French commemoration (French commémoration), from Latin commemorātiōnem, verb commemorāre. Etymology templates: {{af|en|commemorate|-ion}} commemorate + -ion, {{der|en|fro||commemoration}} Old French commemoration, {{cog|fr|commémoration}} French commémoration, {{der|en|la|commemoratio|commemorātiōnem}} Latin commemorātiōnem Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} commemoration (countable and uncountable, plural commemorations)
  1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of commemorating): напомняне (napomnjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), commemoració [feminine] (Catalan), یاد (yad) (Central Kurdish), 紀念 (Chinese Mandarin), 纪念 (jìniàn) (Chinese Mandarin), herdenking [feminine] (Dutch), gedachtenis [feminine] (Dutch), muistaminen (Finnish), muistotilaisuus (Finnish), commémoration [feminine] (French), conmemoración [feminine] (Galician), Gedenken [neuter] (German), Gedenkveranstaltung [feminine] (German), cuimhneachán [masculine] (Irish), commemorazione [feminine] (Italian), ricordo [masculine] (Italian), memoria [feminine] (Italian), rievocazione [feminine] (Italian), 記念 (kinen) (alt: きねん) (Japanese), commemorātiō [feminine] (Latin), whakamaharatanga (Maori), whakamaumaharatanga (Maori), usherehi [class-11] (Ngazidja Comorian), upamiętnienie [neuter] (Polish), comemoração [feminine] (Portuguese), пра́зднование (prázdnovanije) (english: celebration) [neuter] (Russian), поминове́ние (pominovénije) (english: memorial) [neuter] (Russian), cuimhneachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), cuimhneachan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), conmemoración [feminine] (Spanish), anma (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-commemoration-en-noun-F8Y4iajk Disambiguation of 'act of commemorating': 69 16 2 13
  2. That which serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-commemoration-en-noun-Xje3XgNl
  3. (religion) The specification of individual saints in the prayers for the dead. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-commemoration-en-noun-9EvUNOz9 Topics: lifestyle, religion
  4. (UK) The great festival of the Oxford academic year, usually taking place on the third Wednesday after Trinity Sunday. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-commemoration-en-noun-3VDrN4p5 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 14 10 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 15 13 9 63

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      "sense": "act of commemorating",
      "word": "whakamaharatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of commemorating",
      "word": "whakamaumaharatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "act of commemorating",
      "tags": [
        "class-11"
      ],
      "word": "usherehi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of commemorating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "upamiętnienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of commemorating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "comemoração"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "celebration",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prázdnovanije",
      "sense": "act of commemorating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пра́зднование"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "memorial",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pominovénije",
      "sense": "act of commemorating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "поминове́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "act of commemorating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuimhneachadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "act of commemorating",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuimhneachan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of commemorating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "conmemoración"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of commemorating",
      "word": "anma"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "commemoration"
  ],
  "word": "commemoration"
}

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