commemorative event

collocation in English

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commemorative
adjective
uk
/kəˈmem.ər.ə.tɪv/
us
/kəˈmem.ɚ.ə.t̬ɪv/
done or made to officially remember and give respect to a great person ...
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event
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈvent/
us
/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofcommemorativeandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thiscommemorativeeventcentred around the re-burial of the final set of remains.
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During the course of the year 2004, governments, committees and activists organized commemorative events, negotiated memorandums and discussed claims for or against reparations.
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Ancient states frequently appropriated such places through the performative enactment of commemorative events that built upon the already existing and dense socio-symbolic associations and materialities of places.
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Among other things, such commemorative events serve to remind us of our responsibility to ensure that such a war never happens again.
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We will consider our response to specific invitations to commemorative events in the light of the nature of the event and the level of representation.
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Everyone who took part in the commemorative events was profoundly moved by them.
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That initiative offers a free one-year passport to veterans who wish to attend commemorative events in 2004 and 2005.
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Those commemorative events were, by their nature, transitory affairs.
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It is only right that the achievement of our forces who fought throughout the second world war with tremendous determination and courage should be marked by special commemorative events.
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Although the education programme focuses on the second world war commemorative events taking place over the next two years, it is also intended to develop into a longer-term project.
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As in 1977, there were street parties and commemorative events and monuments were named to honour the occasion.
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The school celebrated its 60th anniversary in 1982 with commemorative events and its 65th in 1987 with a concert of performing arts.
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The day has been celebrated with concerts and commemorative events as a municipal holiday since 1937.
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The events include celebrations, festivals, parades, fairs, exhibits, shows, commemorative events, etc.
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One of the salient commemorative events anniversary held include the community development services via mass media channels rendered to villages.
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Memorials may include commemoration activities, such as architectural memorials, museums, and other commemorative events.
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One is a series of souvenir sheets that were issued at commemorative events and which bore his name as the authorizer.
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These include architectural memorials, museums, and other commemorative events.
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This ceremony was the first in a year-long series of commemorative events.
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