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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
congratulate
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
friend
▪ Mr. Greenway I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his formidable and invaluable contribution to the outcome of the Maastricht negotiations.
▪ Mr. Hague I congratulate my hon. Friend on his work so far.
▪ I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the steps that he has taken to do just that.
▪ I congratulate my hon. Friend on his recent success in the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
government
▪ Sixthly, on environmental controls, I congratulate the Government on their more sensible and practical approach.
▪ The Bill sets that process on its way, and I congratulate the Government on introducing it.
▪ I congratulate the Government on introducing a timetable motion at the very start of the Committee stage.
member
▪ He went on to congratulate the members, Executive Committee and Ciaran Ryan on the conduct of the dispute.
▪ Outside the court some defendants were congratulated by jury members.
▪ Once again, I congratulate the hon. Member for Chislehurst on choosing this subject for his Bill.
■ VERB
join
▪ I join him in congratulating the industry on its export achievements - something that we never hear from the Labour party.
▪ Will he join me in congratulating the TECs on the part that they are playing in promoting the local economy?
like
▪ Chris Gilbertson Hungry for new products I would like to congratulate you on your excellent article on the Kwikmas pudding.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I would like to congratulate all the prizewinners.
▪ I wrote a letter congratulating him on his appointment.
▪ The committee is to be congratulated for presenting its findings in such an informative manner.
▪ The President congratulated him on winning the title.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In fact, he graciously congratulated prosecutors for a job well done.
▪ Mr. Allason I congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend on the abolition of composite rate tax.
▪ Nevertheless, Sangfroid took the answer in stride; he did not even congratulate Rosenberg.
▪ One can imagine them forthrightly shaking hands and congratulating and thanking each other, but the words are lost to posterity.
▪ When I congratulated the poor girl, she almost fainted.
▪ You should have been allowed to congratulate her first.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Congratulate

Congratulate \Con*grat"u*late\, v. i. To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country. [R.]
--Swift.

The subjects of England may congratulate to themselves.
--Dryden.

Congratulate

Congratulate \Con*grat"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Congratulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Congratulating.] [L. congratulatus, p. p. of congratulari to wish joy abundantly; con- + gratulari to wish joy, from gratus pleasing. See Grateful.] To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.

It is the king's most sweet pleasure and affection to congratulate the princess at her pavilion.
--Shak.

To congratulate one's self, to rejoice; to feel satisfaction; to consider one's self happy or fortunate.

Syn: To Congratulate, Felicitate.

Usage: To felicitate is simply to wish a person joy. To congratulate has the additional signification of uniting in the joy of him whom we congratulate. Hence they are by no means synonymous. One who has lost the object of his affections by her marriage to a rival, might perhaps felicitate that rival on his success, but could never be expected to congratulate him on such an event.

Felicitations are little better than compliments; congratulations are the expression of a genuine sympathy and joy.
--Trench.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
congratulate

1540s, from Latin congratulatus, past participle of congratulari "to congratulate" (see congratulation). Related: Congratulated; congratulating.\n

Wiktionary
congratulate

vb. to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for

WordNet
congratulate

  1. v. say something to someone that expresses praise; "He complimented her on her last physics paper" [syn: compliment]

  2. express congratulations [syn: felicitate]

  3. be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school" [syn: pride, plume]

  4. pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement [syn: preen]

Wikipedia
Congratulate (song)

"Congratulate" is a song by South African rapper and record producer AKA, released as the third single from his second studio album Levels. It was sent to radio stations across South Africa in March 2014. Upon its release, the song debuted at number 1 on Metro FM, 5FM and YFM. It peaked at number 1 on the South African iTunes Hip Hop Chart. Moreover, the song peaked at number 2 on South Africa's official music chart. "Congratulate" was produced by Tazzy, a member of the funk band Muzart.

Usage examples of "congratulate".

As I land after the first sortie of the day a young aircraftsman springs onto the wing of my aircraft with wild gesticulations and congratulates me on the award of the Diamonds.

Mr Blenkinsop, has just told me that tomorrow morning a delegation from the new Dey, Hassan, will arrive to congratulate His Majesty on the defeat of Bonaparte, to announce his own accession, and to settle a point at issue the Algerine galley and its alleged cargo.

As they threaded their way along, Nom Anor congratulated himself on the cleverness of his escape plan.

Along with everyone else I smiled and congratulated the cat, but what I was actually most happy about was that now Artemisia could return to her own home.

Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands, Babcock could not avoid congratulating himself.

The brigadier said that it was a piece of proper prison reform and that Barberton led the way and the Kommandant was to be congratulated.

On the curb outside Condy and Blix shook hands and congratulated each other on the success of all their labors.

Convinced someone was determined to halt the space station program by the Orion explosion and subsequent attack on the Brazilian ISS facility, the Russian and American defenders of the Cosmodrome would repel the decoy strike force at the east gate and congratulate themselves on having saved the launch vehicle .

Batouch fell back, and Domini cantered on, congratulating herself on the success of her expedient.

Congratulating herself on her farsightedness, Maggie made casual conversation with the old woman who gave out change and kept the floors clean.

Nori, curt, without the usual flowery phrases, and addressed impudently, To the Leader of the Gai-jin, so he had translated it as best he could in the same fashion, interpolating it where necessary: The roju congratulates you and other gai-jin on your escape with your lives and little else from fires started by malcontents and revolutionaries.

Seeing that the chevalier was on the point of leaving, I followed him, and at the bottom of the stairs, after congratulating him, I asked him to lend me a hundred sovereigns.

I congratulated her upon her good fortune, and judging of my position from external appearances, she thought it right to congratulate me, but her fortune would have been established on a firmer basis than mine if she had followed a prudent line of conduct.

He told me that I should congratulate myself if I followed his advice.

I also noticed Don Francisco, and as I was going out of the church my rival followed me, and congratulated me somewhat bitterly on my good fortune in having taken his mistress a second time to the ball.