memorialize

verb

me·​mo·​ri·​al·​ize mə-ˈmȯr-ē-ə-ˌlīz How to pronounce memorialize (audio)
memorialized; memorializing

transitive verb

1
: to address or petition by a memorial
2
memorialization noun

Examples of memorialize in a Sentence

an exciting period in history that has been memorialized in many popular books and movies at the entrance to the park stands a statue memorializing the novelist Sir Walter Scott
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Trump coined cryptocurrency before seeking to regulate industry Just days before returning to oversee the U.S. Mint, Trump coined his own cryptocurrency Jan. 17 memorializing his response to a July 2024 assassination attempt. Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025 Abandonment, neglect and vandalism endanger the gravesites, and must be dealt with to preserve and properly memorialize them. Herb Boyd, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025 The right has fought to memorialize the protests as violent and criminal, with success. Sammy Feldblum, The Dial, 30 Jan. 2025 Faced with the scale of this catastrophe, the world struggled to memorialize the Holocaust. Natalia Romik / Madę By History, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for memorialize 

Word History

First Known Use

1798, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of memorialize was in 1798

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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memorialize. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

memorialize

verb
me·​mo·​ri·​al·​ize mə-ˈmōr-ē-ə-ˌlīz How to pronounce memorialize (audio)
-ˈmȯr-
memorialized; memorializing
memorialization noun

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