English Explanatory Dictionary

commemorative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Serving to commemorate something.
noun
  1. An object made to commemorate a person, mark an event, etc.
  2. A postage stamp issued to commemorate, usually a person or event; also commonly applied to thematic (topical) stamp issues.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

commemorative commemoratives

Etymology

First attested in 1612; borrowed from New Latin commemorātīvus, from commemorō. By surface analysis, commemorate + -ive, cognate with French commémoratif.

Derived words

commemoratively commemorativeness noncommemorative
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