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congratulates

congratulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of congratulate.

Meaning of congratulate

Verb

congratulate (third-person singular simple present congratulates, present participle congratulating, simple past and past participle congratulated)

  1. 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.
  2. (reflexive) To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
    • I congratulated myself on the success of my plan.

Questions about congratulates

What is congratulates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Congratulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of congratulate.

Words near congratulates in the dictionary

  1. congratulant
  2. congratulants
  3. congratulary
  4. congratulate
  5. congratulated
  6. congratulates
  7. congratulateth
  8. congratulating
  9. congratulatings
  10. congratulation
  11. congratulational

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