What does CONGRATULATE mean?

Definitions for CONGRATULATE
kənˈgrætʃ əˌleɪt or, often, -ˈgrædʒ-, kəŋ-con·grat·u·late

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. compliment, congratulateverb

    say something to someone that expresses praise

    "He complimented her on her last physics paper"

  2. congratulate, felicitateverb

    express congratulations

  3. pride, plume, congratulateverb

    be proud of

    "He prides himself on making it into law school"

  4. preen, congratulateverb

    pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

Wiktionary

  1. congratulateverb

    to express one's sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for

  2. Etymology: From congratulor, from gratus.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To CONGRATULATEverb

    Etymology: gratulor, Latin.

    I congratulate our English tongue, that it has been enriched with words from all our neighbours. Isaac Watts, Logick.

    An ecclesiastical union within yourselves, I am rather ready to congratulate to you. Thomas Sprat, Sermons.

    The subjects of England may congratulate to themselves, that the nature of our government and the clemency of our king secure us. John Dryden, Aurengzebe. Preface to.

  2. To Congratulateverb

    To rejoice in participation.

    I cannot but, with much pleasure, congratulate with my dear country, which hath outdone all Europe in advancing conversation. Jonathan Swift, Introduction to Genteel Conversation.

ChatGPT

  1. congratulate

    To congratulate is to express joy or acknowledgment for someone's achievements, accomplishments, or special occasions. It usually involves communicating positive feelings and praise to individuals for their success in personal or professional life or for reaching significant milestones.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Congratulateverb

    to address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to

  2. Congratulateverb

    to express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Congratulate

    kon-grat′ū-lāt, v.t. to wish joy to on any fortunate event: to felicitate: to consider one's self fortunate in some matter.—adj. Congrat′ulant, expressing congratulation.—n. a congratulator.—ns. Congratulā′tion, act of congratulating: an expression of joy or sympathy; Congrat′ulator.—adj. Congrat′ulatory. [L. congratulāri, -ātuscon, inten., gratulārigratus, pleasing.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CONGRATULATE in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CONGRATULATE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of CONGRATULATE in a Sentence

  1. Max Baucus:

    I think it will basically be a meet and greet and grin and shake hands, and each leader can congratulate themselves. But that's not all bad, it's good that the two will meet, and my hope is that would set the stage for more realistic, more direct, specific conversations later on.

  2. Nancy Pelosi:

    I congratulate President-elect Donald Trump and Donald Trump family, and pray for Donald Trump success.

  3. Joachim Loew:

    We need to congratulate our opponents, we didn't deserve to win the title again, we didn't deserve to get into the last 16. We wanted to win but we didn't have what it takes.

  4. Abu Mohammad al-Adnani:

    Our caliph, God save him, has accepted the pledge of loyalty of our brothers of Boko Haram so we congratulate Muslims and our jihadi brothers in West Africa.

  5. Tedros Adhanom:

    The world has 11 years left to make good on its sustainable development goals. Universal health coverage is key to ensuring that happens, universal health coverage is a political choice : today world leaders have signaled their readiness to make that choice. I congratulate them.

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