Congratulated I Congratulate Kənˈɡrætʃuleɪt Results Passing Congratulating Verb

• i congratulated them all on their results.
• the authors are to be congratulated on producing such a clear and authoritative work.
• congratulations on your engagement! i hope you'll be very happy.
• well done for passing your driving test.

congratulate

1. to tell somebody that you are pleased about their success or achievements
• I congratulated them all on their results.
• The authors are to be congratulated on producing such a clear and authoritative work.
• Congratulations on your engagement! I hope you'll be very happy.
• Well done for passing your driving test.
• Good job on passing your exams.
• I hear you did very well in your exams/you've got a new job/you've had a baby—congratulations!
• Jo tells me you're getting married—congratulations!
• Thank you very much.
• Oh, thanks!
2. to feel pleased and proud because you have achieved something or been successful at something
• See related entries: Happiness
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/happiness/congratulate
• You can congratulate yourself on having done an excellent job.

Extra Examples

• I must congratulate you on your excellent exam results.
• Please join me in congratulating Luke on an outstanding season.
• She congratulated me warmly on my performance.
• The President himself is here to personally congratulate the winner.
• The company is to be congratulated on its success.
• The employees should be congratulated for the part they have played in the success.
• The organizers are congratulating themselves on attracting record numbers to the event.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they congratulate
• he / she / it congratulates
• past simple congratulated
• past participle congratulated
• -ing form congratulating

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent.: from Latin congratulat- ‘congratulated’, from the verb congratulari, from con- ‘with’ + gratulari ‘show joy’ (from gratus ‘pleasing’).