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commemorative - 3 dictionary results

com⋅mem⋅o⋅ra⋅tive

[kuh-mem-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv]
–adjective
1. serving to commemorate: a commemorative monument; a commemorative dinner.
2. (of a coin, medal, or postage stamp) issued to commemorate a historical event, to honor the memory of a personage, etc.
–noun
3. anything that commemorates.

Origin:
1605–15; commemorat(ion) + -ive


com⋅mem⋅o⋅ra⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
com⋅mem⋅o⋅ra⋅tive⋅ness, noun
com·mem·o·ra·tive   (kə-měm'ər-ə-tĭv, -ə-rā'-)   
adj.  Honoring or preserving the memory of another.
n.  Something that honors or preserves the memory of another.
com·mem'o·ra·tive·ly adv.

Commemorative

Com*mem"o*ra*tive\, a. Tending or intended to commemorate. "A sacrifice commemorative of Christ's offering up his body for us." --Hammond.

An inscription commemorative of his victory. --Sir G. C. Lewis.
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