congrat
congrat is the clipping of congratulate.
Meaning of congratulate
Verb
congratulate (third-person singular simple present congratulates, present participle congratulating, simple past and past participle congratulated)
- To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
- Remind me to congratulate Dave and Lisa on their wedding.
- Synonyms:
- felicitate, compliment
- To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
- I congratulated myself on the success of my plan.
Forms of congrat
| third-person singular present | congrats |
|---|---|
| present participle | congrating |
| present participle | congratting |
| past participle | congrated |
| past | congrated |
| past participle | congratted |
| past | congratted |
| alternative form | congrate |
Questions about congrat
- What is congrat the clipping of?
- Congrat is the clipping of congratulate.
Words near congrat in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: congrat (page history and authors); congratulate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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