congratulate
/kənˈɡɹæt͡ʃ.ʊˌleɪt//kənˈɡɹæd͡ʒ.ʊˌleɪt/
congratulate verb: to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for.
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.
- We must congratulate Dave and Lisa on getting married.
- Synonyms:
- felicitate, compliment
- To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
- I congratulated myself on the success of my plan.
congratulate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
congratulate in Hindi
- to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
- बधाई देना badhāī denā
congratulate in Tamil
- பாராட்டு, வாழ்த்து
congratulate in Marathi
- अभिनंदन करणे, अभिनंदन करायला
congratulate in Urdu
- مبارک باد دینا
More languagesFewer languages
- congratulate in Bengali
- অভিনন্দন জানানো
- congratulate in Telugu
- అబినందించు abinandiñcu
- congratulate in Malayalam
- അഭിനന്ദിക്കുക
- congratulate in Kannada
- ನಲ್ಮೆಹೇಳು, ಸಂತೋಷ ತಿಳಿಸು, ಅಭಿನಂದಿಸು
- congratulate in Punjabi
- ਵਧਾਈ ਦੇਣ ਲਈ, ਵਧਾਈਆਂ ਦੇਣ ਲਈ
- congratulate in Gujarati
- અભિનંદન આપવા માટે, અભિનંદન આપવા, અભિનંદન કરવા માટે
- congratulate in Odia
- ଅଭିନନ୍ଦନ ଜଣାଇବା ପାଇଁ, ଅଭିନନ୍ଦନ ଜଣାଇବାକୁ
- congratulate in Tagalog
- balangawan, magbalangaw
- congratulate in Arabic
- هَنَّأَ hannaʔa, يُهَنِّئُ yuhanniʔu
- congratulate in Malay
- tahniah
- congratulate in Persian
- تبریک گفتن tabrik goftan
- congratulate in Thai
- ฉลอง chà-lŏng
- congratulate in Vietnamese
- chúc mừng
Examples of congratulate in a sentence
- She gave her neighbors a card congratulating them on their new baby.
- The loser was a good sport, and congratulated Jen on her performance.
- The worn-out soccer players lined up to congratulate the other team.
Synonyms of congratulate
Forms of congratulate
| third-person singular present | congratulates |
|---|---|
| present participle | congratulating |
| past participle | congratulated |
| past | congratulated |
| alternative form (archaic) | gratulate |
Origin of congratulate
First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin congrātulātus, the perfect active participle of Latin congrātulor (“to wish joy, rejoice (with); to congratulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- + grātulor, from grātus (“grateful, pleasing, agreeable, beloved”) + -or. By surface analysis, con- + gratulate.
Words formed from congratulate
Questions about congratulate
- What does congratulate mean?
- Congratulate means to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for.
- What is congratulate in Hindi?
- Congratulate in Hindi is बधाई देना (badhāī denā). See Congratulate meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is congratulate?
- Congratulate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce congratulate?
- Congratulate is pronounced /kənˈɡɹæt͡ʃ.ʊˌleɪt/.
- What is the past tense of congratulate?
- The past tense of congratulate is congratulated.
Words near congratulate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: congratulate (page history and authors); congratulate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); congratulate (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); congratulate (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); congratulate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); congratulate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); congratulate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); congratulate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); congratulate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); congratulate (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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