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congratulate

[ kuhn-grach-uh-leytor, often, -graj-, kuhng- ]

verb (used with object)

congratulated, congratulating.
  1. to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion:

    They congratulated him on his marriage.

  2. Archaic. to express sympathetic joy or satisfaction at (an event).
  3. Obsolete. to salute.


congratulate

/ əˈɡæʊˌɪ /

verb

  1. usually foll by on to communicate pleasure, approval, or praise to (a person or persons); compliment
  2. often foll by on to consider (oneself) clever or fortunate (as a result of)

    she congratulated herself on her tact

  3. obsolete.
    to greet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • DzˌٳˈپDz, noun
  • Dzˈٳˌٴǰ, noun
  • Dzˈٳܱٴǰ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Dz·u·tǰ noun
  • cDz·u·ٱ verb (used with object) precongratulated precongratulating
  • ܲcDz·u·e adjective
  • ܲcDz·u·iԲ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of congratulate1

1540–50; < Latin DzԲٳܱٳܲ, past participle of DzԲٳܱī. See congratulant, -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of congratulate1

C16: from Latin DzԲٳܱī, from ٳܱī to rejoice, from ٳܲ pleasing
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I much prefer being congratulated after a horse won a race, not than when you’re signing a ticket at the sale.”

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"I congratulated him and said I would see him after he had served his term."

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It holds a letter congratulating Mark, instructing him to finish the 25th file, Cold Harbor, as Helly. bears witness.

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The men firing - identifiable as belonging to the army from their uniform and yellow headbands - can be heard in the footage congratulating themselves following the attack.

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“I just wanted to congratulate you because I am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem,” Donald Trump, then on his first term as commander-in-chief, told Duterte in a phone call.

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