[VN] to remind people of an important person or event from the past with a special action or object; to exist to remind people of a person or an event from the past:
A series of movies will be shown to commemorate the 30th anniversary of his death. * Many of the people and places in the book have been commemorated in the names of streets. * A plaque commemorates the battle.
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