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. Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf:

    The young and God-believing Iranian scientists managed to achieve a 60% enriched uranium product, i congratulate the brave nation of Islamic Iran on this success. The Iranian nation’s willpower is miraculous and can defuse any conspiracy.

  2. Adam Lisberg:

    We congratulate the winners and will be happy to work with any of them with hardware, software or technical assistance to help these exciting ideas come to life.

  3. Kamala Harris:

    I'd like to publicly congratulate you on your election, i look forward to many areas of partnership, including the work we can do to address the economic prosperity of Honduras.

  4. Khaled Bahah:

    We congratulate the people of Aden and the Republic of Yemen as a whole for what has been achieved in the last two days ... The government announces the liberation of Aden province.

  5. President Trump:

    I don't blame them, I blame our leaders, in fact, I congratulate leaders of other leaders for so crazily being able to make those trade deals that were so good for their country and bad for the United States.

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