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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 personplay

  Familiarity information: COMMEMORATIVE used as a noun is very rare.


COMMEMORATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective COMMEMORATIVE has 1 sense:

1. intended as a commemorationplay

  Familiarity information: COMMEMORATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMEMORATIVE (noun)


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)


COMMEMORATIVE (adjective)


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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