COMMEMORATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A recognition of meritorious service

Synonyms:

commemoration; memorial; remembrance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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)

festschrift (a collection of writings published in honor of a scholar)

Derivation:

commemorate (be or provide a memorial to a person or an event)

Meaning:

A ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something

Synonyms:

commemoration; memorialisation; memorialization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("commemoration" is a kind of...):

ceremonial; ceremonial occasion; ceremony; observance (a formal event performed on a special occasion)

Derivation:

commemorate (call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony)

commemorate (celebrate by some ceremony or observation)