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COMMEMORATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does commemorative mean?
• COMMEMORATIVE (noun)
The noun COMMEMORATIVE has 1 sense:
1. an object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person
Familiarity information: COMMEMORATIVE used as a noun is very rare.
• COMMEMORATIVE (adjective)
The adjective COMMEMORATIVE has 1 sense:
1. intended as a commemoration
Familiarity information: COMMEMORATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An object (such as a coin or postage stamp) made to mark an event or honor a person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("commemorative" is a kind of...):
object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intended as a commemoration
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
commemorating; commemorative
Context example:
a commemorative plaque
Pertainym:
commemoration (a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something)
Derivation:
commemorate (call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony)
commemorate (be or provide a memorial to a person or an event)
commemorate (celebrate by some ceremony or observation)
Context examples
"We consider this a commemorative image. This goal to cite Dr. Rubin in our observation was very much part of our original Hubble proposal."
(Hubble Surveys Gigantic Galaxy, NASA)
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