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1. (v.t.) congratulate
to express pleasure to (a person) on a happy occasion, praiseworthy accomplishment, or good fortune.
2. congratulate
to feel satisfaction or pride in (oneself) for an accomplishment or good fortune:
She congratulated herself on her narrow escape.
3. congratulate
Archaic. to express sympathetic joy or satisfaction at (an event).
4. congratulate
Obs. to salute.
Etymology: (1540–50; < L congrātulātus, ptp. of congrātulārī=con-con-+grātulārī to give thanks (to the gods))
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1. (verb) compliment, congratulate
say something to someone that expresses praise
"He complimented her on her last physics paper"
2. (verb) congratulate, felicitate
express congratulations
3. (verb) pride, plume, congratulate
be proud of
"He prides himself on making it into law school"
4. (verb) preen, congratulate
pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
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1. (verb) congratulate
to tell sb you are happy because of their success or happiness
to congratulate the newly married couple
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1. (verb) congratulate
to address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to
2. (verb) congratulate
to express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country
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Sense: (often withon) to express pleasure and joy to (a person) at a happy event, a success etc
She congratulated him on passing his driving test.
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 Afrikaans: gelukwens |
 Arabic: يُهنّئ |
 Bulgarian: поздравявам |
 Brazilian: parabenizar |
 Czech: (po)blahopřát |
 German: gratulieren |
 Danish: gratulere;ønske tillykke |
 Greek: συγχαίρω |
 Spanish: felicitar |
 Estonian: õnnitlema |
 Farsi: تبریک گفتن |
 Finnish: onnitella |
 French: féliciter (qqn de qqch.) |
 Hebrew: לְבָרֵך |
 Hindi: बधाई देना |
 Croatian: čestitati |
 Hungarian: gratulál |
 Indonesian: mengucapkan selamat |
 Icelandic: óska til hamingju |
 Italian: congratularsi |
 Japanese: 祝いを述べる |
 Korean: 축화 하다 |
 Lithuanian: (pa)sveikinti |
 Latvian: []sveikt |
 Malay: mengucapkan tahniah |
 Dutch: feliciteren |
 Norwegian: gratulere,ønske til lykke |
 Polish: gratulować |
 Persian: تبریک گفتن |
 Pashto: مبار كى ويل، خواخوږى څرګن |
 Portuguese: felicitar |
 Romanian: a felicita |
 Russian: поздравлять |
 Slovak: blahopriať |
 Slovenian: čestitati |
 Serbian: čestitati |
 Swedish: gratulera, lyckönska |
 Thai: แสดงความยินดี |
 Turkish: tebrik etmek, kutlamak |
 Taiwanese: 祝賀 |
 Ukrainian: (при)вітати; поздоровити |
 Urdu: مباركباد دينا |
 Vietnamese: chúc mừng |
 Chinese: 祝贺 |
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