記念する
解説 Definition
commemorating は commemorate（記念する、追悼する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。式典、展示、銘板などを通じて、人物や出来事を記憶に留めることを表します。
Commemorating is the present-participle or gerund form of commemorate. It describes honoring and preserving the memory of an important person, event, or anniversary through an ceremony, memorial, exhibition, written notice, or similar public act.
使い方 Usage
- commemorating の後に、記念する人物・出来事・周年を置きます。with の後に展示などの記念する手段を続けられます。 Place the person, event, or anniversary being commemorated after commemorating. Use with to introduce the means, such as an exhibition.
- a plaque commemorating the event のように、名詞の後に置いて「その出来事を記念する銘板」と説明する形でも使えます。 Commemorating can follow a noun to describe it, as in a plaque commemorating the event.
使い分け Common distinctions
- celebrate は祝う意味でよく使われます。commemorate は記憶に留めることに重点があり、亡くなった人を追悼する厳かな場面にも使えます。 Celebrate often expresses celebration. Commemorate emphasizes preserving memory and can also describe solemn acts honoring someone who has died.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
commemorate の末尾の無音の e を落として -ing を付けると commemorating になります。memor を memory と結び付け、式典や銘板で記憶に留める場面を思い浮かべましょう。
Drop the final silent e of commemorate and add -ing to form commemorating. Link memor with memory and picture a ceremony or plaque that preserves the memory of a person or event.
例文
They are commemorating the town's 100th anniversary this year.
彼らは今年、その町の100周年を記念しています。
The museum is commemorating the scientist with a special exhibit.
その博物館は特別展示でその科学者を記念しています。
A small plaque commemorating the event stands near the station.
その出来事を記念する小さな銘板が駅の近くに立っています。
commemorating の類義語・関連語
commemorating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語「commemorare（共に思い出す）」が語源。接頭辞com-（共に）＋memorare（記憶する）＋-ing。memoria（記憶）が語根で、関連語にmemory、memoirがある。皆で一緒に思い出すことが記念の本質。
Commemorating is formed from commemorate by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Commemorate came from Latin commemorare, “to recall or bring to remembrance,” built from com-, conveying a sense of togetherness or emphasis, and memorare, “to remind,” from memor, “mindful.” English memory and memoir belong to the broader family of words concerned with remembering. The formation thus supports the modern sense of preserving a shared memory.
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