memorialise

To preserve the memory of someone or something, typically through a ceremony, monument, or written record.

• 🇩🇪Das Andenken an jemanden oder etwas bewahren, meist durch eine Zeremonie, ein Denkmal oder eine schriftliche Aufzeichnung.

1. Address in a memorial C1 formal british

   To present or address a formal statement or petition, often in a memorial context.

   • The group memorialised the council with a petition for better roads.
   • They memorialised the committee regarding the proposed changes.
   • The citizens memorialised the government to preserve the historic site.

   🇩🇪Eingabe mit Denkschrift

   Synonyme: addresspetition

2. Commemorate or honor B2 formal british

   To serve as or provide a memorial for a person or event, preserving their memory.

   • The statue memorialises the soldiers who died in the war.
   • A plaque was placed to memorialise the founding of the town.
   • The ceremony memorialised the achievements of the late scientist.

   🇩🇪Gedenken bewahren

   Synonyme: celebratecommemoratehonormarkobserveremember

   Antonyme: disregardforgetignoreneglectobliterate

• memorialised past participle
• memorialised past simple
• memorialising present participle
• memorialises third person singular