congratulate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to express congratulations

   We congratulated them on their victory.

2. 2
   verb

   to give praise for an achievement

   I congratulate you on your recent sporting successes.

3. 3
   verb

   to be proud of someone or praise them

   I congratulated them after the graduation ceremony.

4. 4
   verb

   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.

5. 5
   verb

   To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.

   I congratulated myself on the success of my plan.

6. 6
   verb

   to say something to someone that expresses praise

Etymology

First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin congrātulātus, the perfect active participle of Latin grātulor (“to wish joice, rejoice (with); to congratulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- + grātulor, from grātus (“grateful, pleasing, agreeable, beloved”) + -or. By surface analysis, con- + gratulate.