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congratulate (verb)

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  • congratulate — ► VERB 1) express good wishes or praise at the happiness, success, or good fortune of. 2) (congratulate oneself) think oneself fortunate or clever. DERIVATIVES congratulatory adjective. ORIGIN Latin congratulari, from gratus pleasing …   English terms dictionary

  • congratulate — verb ADVERB ▪ heartily, warmly ▪ personally, publicly ▪ The President himself is here to personally congratulate the winner. VERB + CONGRATULATE ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • congratulate — verb (T) 1 to tell someone that you are happy because they have achieved something or because something nice has happened to them: He never even stopped to congratulate me. | congratulate sb on: She congratulated me warmly on my exam results. 2… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • congratulate — verb express pleasure at the happiness or good fortune of. ↘praise for an achievement. ↘(congratulate oneself) feel pride or satisfaction. Derivatives congratulator noun congratulatory adjective Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as congratulation): from L …   English new terms dictionary

  • congratulate — verb 1) she congratulated him on his marriage Syn: send one s best wishes to, wish someone good luck, wish someone joy; drink to someone s health, toast Ant: curse 2) they are to be congratulated Syn: praise …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • congratulate — verb to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for …   Wiktionary

  • congratulate — verb Syn: compliment, wish someone happiness, pay tribute to, pat on the back, take one s hat off to, praise, applaud, salute, honour Ant: criticize …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • congratulate — [[t]kəngræ̱tʃʊleɪt[/t]] congratulates, congratulating, congratulated 1) VERB If you congratulate someone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them. [V n on/for n/ ing] She congratulated him on the birth… …   English dictionary

  • congratulate */ — UK [kənˈɡrætʃʊleɪt] / US [kənˈɡrætʃəˌleɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms congratulate : present tense I/you/we/they congratulate he/she/it congratulates present participle congratulating past tense congratulated past participle congratulated to… …   English dictionary

  • congratulate — con|grat|u|late [ kən grætʃə,leıt ] verb transitive * to tell someone you are pleased about their success, good luck, or happiness on a special occasion: The men were all congratulating one another warmly. congratulate someone on something: I… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • congratulate — /kənˈgrætʃəleɪt / (say kuhn grachuhlayt), /kəŋ / (say kuhng ) verb (t) (congratulated, congratulating) 1. to express sympathetic joy to (a person), as on a happy occasion; compliment with expressions of sympathetic pleasure; felicitate. 2. to… …  

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