verb
memorialize
Memorialize (verb) means to set up a memorial for someone, or to honour their memory.
verb
1
To set up a memorial for someone, or to honour their memory.
"In this passage, Andromaque sees Astyanax only through the memorializing lens of his attribution to Hector, his status as "gage.""
— Roland Racevskis, Tragic Passages: Jean Racine's Art of the Threshold (2008)
2
To turn someone's online profile into a memorial page after they have died.
"Facebook says people with memorialized accounts do not appear in advertisements or birthday reminders on the site and are also excluded from the People You May Know list of friend suggestions."
— J. D. Biersdorfer, Unlike You, Your Facebook Account Can Be Immortal (2015)
3
To write down what was said or agreed at a meeting or in a conversation.
"Most of the time, the National Security Council — the foreign policy arm of the White House — memorializes presidential phone or video calls with foreign heads of state on the so-called TNet system, the officials said."
— Charlie Savage, The Extra-Secret White House Computer System, Explained (2019)
4
(law) To submit a formal written request or statement of facts to an official body.
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What is the meaning of memorialize?
"memorialize" (verb) means to set up a memorial for someone, or to honour their memory.
What is another word for memorialize?
Other words for "memorialize" include immortalize, memorialise, immortalise, commemorate.
What are the different meanings of memorialize?
"memorialize" has 3 main meanings: 1. To set up a memorial for someone, or to honour their memory; 2. To turn someone's online profile into a memorial page after they have died; 3. To write down what was said or agreed at a meeting or in a conversation.
