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congratulatecongratulate /kənˈgrætʃəˌleɪt/ ●●○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYcongratulateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of congratulari to wish happiness VERB TABLEcongratulate |
| Present | I, you, we, they | congratulate | | he, she, it | congratulates | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | congratulated | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have congratulated | | he, she, it | has congratulated | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had congratulated | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will congratulate | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have congratulated |
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| Present | I | am congratulating | | he, she, it | is congratulating | | you, we, they | are congratulating | | Past | I, he, she, it | was congratulating | | you, we, they | were congratulating | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been congratulating | | he, she, it | has been congratulating | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been congratulating | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be congratulating | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been congratulating |
► are to be congratulated All three are to be congratulated for doing so well. THESAURUSto say that you admire and approve of someone or something, especially publicly► praiseto say that you admire and approve of someone or something, especially publicly: The new freeway plan has been praised by local business leaders. ► congratulate to tell someone that you are happy that he or she has achieved something: He congratulated Susan on winning the contest. ► flatter to say nice things about someone, sometimes when you do not really mean it, often to get something you want: He said I was beautiful, but I think he was just trying to flatter me. ► compliment (also pay somebody a compliment) to say something nice about the way someone looks or what someone has done in order to praise him or her: He complimented her on her delicious cooking. ► extol formal to praise something very much: One of his colleagues extolled him as “a very fine human being.” ► commend formal to praise someone or something publicly or formally: The children were commended for saving the dog. ► applaud formal to publicly praise a decision, action, or idea: Business leaders applauded the government’s decision to lower taxes. 1to tell someone that you are happy because he or she has achieved something or because something good has happened to him or her: I’d like to congratulate all the prizewinners.congratulate somebody on (doing) something She congratulated me warmly on my promotion.congratulate somebody for (doing) something He congratulated her for being so perceptive. All three are to be congratulated for doing so well.► see thesaurus at praise12congratulate yourself to feel pleased and proud of yourself because you have achieved something or something good has happened to you: congratulate on/for The resort is congratulating itself for installing new snow-making equipment in time for this season. [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin, past participle of congratulari to wish happiness]—congratulatory /kənˈgrætʃələˌtɔri/ adjective |