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Definition: Congratulations |
CongratulationsNoun1. An expression of approval and commendation; "he always appreciated praise for his work". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "congratulations" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Synonyms: CongratulationsSynonyms: kudos (n), praise (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Congratulation | Verb: congratulate, gratulate; felicitate; give one joy, wish one joy; compliment; tender one's congratulations, offer one's congratulations; wish many happy returns of the day, wish a merry Christmas and a happy new year. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Congratulations |
| English words defined with "congratulations": congratulate ♦ felicitate ♦ To congratulate one's self. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "congratulations": Cars ♦ Groaning Malt. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Congratulations! You thre have just won the Gold, Silver and Bronze in the Morons Olympics! (101 Dalmatians; writing credit: John Hughes) Well, let me be the first to say congratulations to you man; you have one vagina for the rest of your life. (Old School; writing credit: Court Crandall; Todd Phillips) So congratulations, you've just become a $2,000,000 lottery ticket except the odds are much, much better. (Ransom; writing credit: Cyril Hume; Richard Maibaum) Congratulations, you're a dead man. (Ocean's Eleven; writing credit: George Clayton Johnson; Jack Golden Russell) Congratulations. (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ramn De Espaa) | |
Clever | If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance! (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | It's a Boy! Congratulations (1971) Congratulations! It's Pink (1967) Congratulations (1938) | |
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 | Lieutenant Commander Maurice N. Wickendoll receives congratulations from Vice Admiral Felix B. Stump and Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air John F. Floberg, after making Coral Sea's 20,000th landing, 31 August 1950. Stewardsmen in the foreground are holding a cake baked and decorated in honor of the occasion. Credit: NAVY. |  | Captain Lyman K. Swenson (left), ship's Commanding Officer, receives the congratulations of Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews, Commander, Third Naval District, at Juneau's commissioning ceremonies. Photographed at the New York Navy Yard, 14 February 1942. Captain Swenson was lost with his ship following the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Receives the congratulations of other officers, following the ceremony marking his promotion to flag rank, on board USS Jouett (DLG-29) at San Diego, California, 2 June 1971. Prior to his promotion to Rear Admiral, Captain Gravely was Jouett's Commanding Officer. Credit: NAVY. |  | Congratulations! The delivery was a success!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Congratulations : you just spent twelve thousand dollars so she could join the typing pool. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Let me return your congratulations. |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | I think I ought to call, at any rate, and offer my congratulations. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | China | The Government takes some steps designed to show respect for the country's Muslims, such as offering congratulations on major Islamic holidays. (references) |
Belarus | The SCRNA informed the group that "it would be offensive for Veterans to receive congratulations from the Jews." On September 26, authorities arrested two members of the Jewish community for holding an unsanctioned picket protesting the illegal destruction of a former synagogue in Minsk. (references) | |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | In meeting you again I feel much satisfaction in being able to repeat my congratulations on the favorable prospects which continue to distinguish our public affairs. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Contemplating the union of sentiment now manifested so generally as auguring harmony and happiness to our future course, I offer to our country sincere congratulations. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Congratulations" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 91.50% of the time. "Congratulations" is used about 611 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 91.5% | 559 | 11,197 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.5% | 52 | 47,145 |
| Total | 100.00% | 611 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "congratulations": carry congratulations /to ♦ congratulations letter. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "congratulations": self-congratulations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "congratulations"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مبروك, تهنئة (compliment, congratulation, felicitation), تهاني, تقديم التهاني (congratulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | честито, всичко хубаво, моите поздравления, поздравления (compliments, slap on the back). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 祝賀 (to congratulate), 祝贺 (Congratulate, Congratulated, Congratulating, Congratulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | gratuluji, gratulace, blahopřeji, blahopřání (congratulation, felicitation, greeting card). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | paljon onnea! (best wishes, I wish you every happiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | félicitations. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gratulieren (congratulate, felicitate, to congratulate), gratulation (congratulation), glückwünsche. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συγχαρητήρια (felicitations). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מזל טוב, בשע" טוב" ומוצלחת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gratulálok (well done). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | congratulazioni, complimento (ceremony, compliment), complimenti (compliments), rallegramenti, felicitazioni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 賀詞 (greetings), 祝賀 (celebration), 祝意 , 祝儀 (celebration, congratulatory gift, tip), おみ籤 (all shook up, chubby person, clog, dressing up, flustered, in a dither, lounging about, my goodness!, my!, nervous, not to mention, oh!, oh?, sexual intercourse, vagina, written oracle), 喜び (delight, felicitations, gratification, joy, pleasure, rapture, rejoicing), 慶び (delight, felicitations, gratification, joy, pleasure, rapture, rejoicing), 拝賀 , 悦び (delight, felicitations, gratification, joy, pleasure, rapture, rejoicing), コロンブスの卵 (Columbus Day, Columbus' egg, computer graphics, conc., concentrated, concert, concert hall, concert master, concertante, concise, conclave, concord, Concorde, concourse, concrete, concrete block, concrete jungle, concrete mixer, concrete pile, concurrent, conga, conglomerate, conglomerate merchant, Congo, congress, congress gaiters, conscious, conservation, conservative, conservator, conservatory, consultant, consultant engineer, consulting, consulting sales, consumer, Consumer Interpole, consumering, consumerism, consumers' relation, consumers' research, consumption, contest, CR), 万歳 (cheers, hurrah, longlife, strolling comic dancer), 万才 (cheers, comedian, comic dialogue, hurrah, longlife), 万丈 (full vent, hurrah!, long life). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おめでとう"ざいます , がし (artist, drawing paper, greetings, painter, painter supported by patron, starvation), しゅくが (celebration), しゅくい (longstanding opinion, old grudge), しゅうぎ (celebration, congratulatory gift, mass meeting, tip), ば"ざい (cheers, hurrah, longlife), ば"じょう (diversification, full vent, hurrah!, long life, multifariousness, sovereignty), コングラチュレーションズ , よろ"び (delight, felicitations, gratification, joy, pleasure, rapture, rejoicing), はいが (briefly drawn picture, embryo bud, germ, haiku picture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 축사 (Barn, stall, stalls). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ongratulationscay parabéns (compliment, congratulation). (various references) la mulţi ani (happy new year to you, many happy returns of the day). (various references) čestitke. (various references) congratulaciones, felicitaciones (backslapping), enhorabuena (shake). (various references) gratulerar (congratulating), grattis (congrats). (various references) tebrikler, kutlarım. (various references) gutlag. (various references) вітання (ave, congratulation, felicitation, greeting, salutation, salute), поздоровлення (felicitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Congratulations" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cogratulation, congatulations, congradulation, congradulations, congragulation, congratilations, congratuation, congratuations, congratuelation, congratulatiopn, congratullation, congratullations, congraturation, congraturations, congraulation, congretulations, congrutulations, congtatulations, ongratulations. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "congratulations" (pronounced kungra'khulā"shunz) |
| 7 | -u l ā" sh u n z | accumulations, appellations, calculations, cancellations, circulations, compilations, consolations, constellations, correlations, inoculations, installations, manipulations, miscalculations, mutilations, oscillations, populations, regulations, revelations, simulations, speculations, stipulations, strangulations, tabulations, tribulations, violations. |
| 6 | -l ā" sh u n z | formulations, relations, translations. |
| 5 | -ā" sh u n z | abbreviations, aberrations, accommodations, accreditations, accusations, adaptations, administrations, affiliations, affirmations, allegations, allocations, alterations, altercations, amplifications, amputations, animations, annotations, anticipations, applications, appropriations, approximations, arbitrations, aspirations, assassinations, associations, authentications, authorizations, capitalizations, carnations, castrations, celebrations, certifications, characterizations, citations, civilizations, clarifications, classifications, collaborations, combinations, commemorations, communications, compensations, complications, computations, concentrations, condemnations, configurations, confirmations, confrontations, congregations, conjugations, connotations, consecrations, considerations, consolidations, consultations, conversations, cooperations, corporations, creations, crustaceans, dalmatians, decapitations, declarations, decorations, degradations, delegations, deliberations, demarcations, demonstrations, denationalizations, denominations, denunciations, deportations, depreciations, depredations, deprivations, desecrations, designations, destinations, determinations, detonations, devaluations, deviations, discolorations, dislocations, diversifications, donations, dramatizations, duplications, durations, educations, elevations, eliminations, emanations, emigrations, estimations, evacuations, evaluations, exacerbations, exaggerations, examinations, excavations, exclamations, exhortations, expectations, expirations, explanations, explorations, expropriations, fabrications, federations, flirtations, fluctuations, formations, fortifications, foundations, frustrations, generalizations, generations, gradations, graduations, gyrations, hallucinations, hesitations, hospitalizations, humiliations, identifications, illustrations, imaginations, imitations, immunizations, impatiens, implications, improvisations, inaugurations, incarnations, inclinations, incorporations, indications, infestations, informations, innovations, insinuations, inspirations, integrations, interpretations, interrogations, intimations, inundations, investigations, invitations, irritations, justifications, lacerations, liberalizations, limitations, liquidations, litigations, locations, machinations, magnifications, malformations, manifestations, medications, meditations, migrations, ministrations, miscreations, misrepresentations, mobilizations, modifications, motivations, mutations, nationalizations, nations, negotiations, nominations, notations, notifications, obligations, observations, occupations, operations, orations, orchestrations, organizations, orientations, originations, ovations, palpitations, participations, patients, perforations, permutations, perturbations, plantations, pontifications, preoccupations, preparations, presentations, privations, privatizations, proclamations, prognostications, pronunciations, protestations, provocations, publications, qualifications, quotations, ramifications, rationalizations, realizations, recapitalizations, recitations, recommendations, reconciliations, recriminations, registrations, rehabilitations, relocations, renegotiations, reorganizations, reparations, representations, reputations, reservations, resignations, restorations, revaluations, reverberations, revocations, rotations, ruminations, sensations, separations, situations, solicitations, specifications, stations, sterilizations, subluxations, summations, syndications, telecommunications, temptations, terminations, transformations, vacations, vaccinations, valuations, variations, vibrations, visitations, vocations. |
| 4 | -sh u n z | abductions, abortions, abstractions, academicians, acquisitions, actions, addictions, additions, admissions, admonitions, adoptions, affections, afflictions, aggressions, ambitions, ammunitions, apparitions, apprehensions, assertions, assumptions, attentions, attractions, auctions, auditions, captions, cautions, clinicians, coalitions, collections, commissions, competitions, completions, complexions, compositions, compulsions, conceptions, concessions, concoctions, concussions, conditions, confections, confessions, conjunctions, connections, constitutions, constrictions, constructions, contentions, contortions, contractions, contradictions, contraptions, contributions, conventions, convictions, convulsions, corrections, corruptions, cushions, deceptions, deductions, defections, definitions, deletions, demotions, depictions, depositions, depressions, descriptions, desertions, detentions, dietitians, digressions, dimensions, directions, discussions, dispositions, disruptions, dissections, distinctions, distortions, distractions, distributions, editions, egyptians, elections, electricians, electrocutions, elocutions, emissions, emotions, erections, eruptions, evictions, exactions, exceptions, executions, exemptions, exertions, exhibitions, expansions, expeditions, expositions, expressions, expulsions, extensions, extractions, factions, fashions, fictions, fractions, frictions, functions, geriatricians, imperfections, impressions, indiscretions, infections, inflections, infractions, inhibitions, injections, injunctions, inscriptions, inspections, institutions, instructions, interactions, interceptions, interconnections, interjections, intermissions, interruptions, intersections, introductions, inventions, jurisdictions, juxtapositions, lotions, magicians, malfunctions, martians, mathematicians, mentions, misconceptions, misperceptions, missions, motions, munitions, musicians, notions, objections, obsessions, obstetricians, obstructions, oceans, omissions, oppressions, opticians, options, partitions, passions, patricians, pediatricians, pensions, perceptions, permissions, petitions, physicians, politicians, portions, positions, possessions, potions, precautions, preconceptions, preconditions, predictions, predilections, predispositions, prescriptions, presumptions, pretensions, processions, productions, professions, prohibitions, projections, promotions, proportions, propositions, prosecutions, protections, rations, reactions, receptions, recessions, recollections, reconstructions, redemptions, reductions, reflections, regressions, rejections, remissions, renditions, renovations, repercussions, repetitions, repossessions, repressions, reproductions, resolutions, restrictions, revolutions, rhetoricians, sanctions, satisfactions, secretions, sections, selections, sessions, solutions, statisticians, submissions, subscriptions, substitutions, superstitions, suppositions, suspensions, suspicions, tacticians, technicians, theoreticians, traditions, transactions, transcriptions, transgressions, transitions, transmissions, tuitions, workstations. |
| 3 | -u n z | abandons, abrasions, abstentions, accordions, aliens, allergens, allusions, amphibians, antigens, antihistamines, antitoxins, aprons, arcadians, arsons, artisans, aspens, aspersions, assassins, Avions, awakens, badmintons, balbriggans, barbarians, bargains, barons, barrens, basins, bastions, battalions, beacons, beckons, bedouins, billions, blackens, bourbons, brackens, brightens, broadens, bruins, bulletins, burdens, buttons, cabins, cannons, canons, cantons, canyons, captains, carbons, carcinogens, cardigans, cartons, catamarans, catkins, caymans, centenarians, champions, chaplains, charlatans, chickens, chieftains, citizens, civilians, collegians, collisions, comedians, Commons, companions, comparisons, conclusions, confusions, congresspersons, contrarians, contusions, conversions, cottons, cousins, cravens, curtains, custodians, Daltons, dandelions, deacons, decisions, deepens, delicatessens, delusions, demons, denizens, determines, Dickens, dioxins, disciplinarians, disciplines, diversions, divisions, Dobsons, doctrines, dolphins, dozens, dragons, dungeons, elevens, endorphins, engines, environs, envisions, eons, equations, estrogens, evasions, evens, examines, exclusions, excursions, explosions, falcons, famines, felons, firmans, fluorocarbons, fortunes, fountains, frightens, galleons, gallons, Gammons, gardens, gascons, germans, Gibbons, givens, globulins, gluttons, gorgons, Gowans, grabens, gremlins, gryphons, guardians, happens, hardens, hastens, havens, heavens, heightens, heroines, herons, historians, hooligans, horizons, humanitarians, humans, hydrocarbons, hydrogens, illusions, imagines, incisions, inclusions, incursions, infusions, intentions, interventions, intestines, intrusions, invasions, ions, jillions, Jordans, kindergartens, kitchens, kittens, leavens, legions, lemans, lemons, lengthens, lesbians, lesions, lessens, lessons, libertarians, librarians, lichens, likens, linens, lions, lippens, listens, loosens, lubricants, luncheons, maidens, mandarins, mansions, margins, Marlins, martens, masons, matrons, mavens, medallions, medicines, melons, metropolitans, mignons, millions, minions, misfortunes, mittens, Morgans, mountains, muffins, mullens, myrmidons, neurosurgeons, newspersons, nonwovens, occasions, omens, onions, opens, opinions, organs, orphans, ovens, paeans, pardons, parliamentarians, Parsons, partisans, pathogens, patrons, pavilions, pedestrians, pelicans, penguins, penicillins, peons, persons, persuasions, pigeons, Pipkins, pistons, plantains, plebeians, poisons, pollens, polyhedrons, porcelains, prisons, prostaglandins, protozoans, provisions, pumpkins, puritans, questions, quickens, ravens, reasons, rebellions, recisions, reckons, regimens, regions, religions, reopens, republicans, rescissions, reunions, revisions, ribbons, Robins, romans, ruins, saddens, salmons, samaritans, sapiens, scallions, scorpions, seasons, seminarians, sermons, sevens, shamans, sharpens, shenanigans, shortens, Siemens, siphons, sirens, skeletons, slackens, slogans, smoothens, snapdragons, softens, sovereigns, sovrans, specimens, spokespersons, squadrons, stallions, stiffens, straightens, strengthens, sturgeons, subdivisions, suburbans, suggestions, sultans, summons, surgeons, sweetens, talons, tamarins, televisions, tendons, tensions, theologians, thickens, threatens, tightens, titans, toboggans, tokens, totalitarians, toughens, toxins, transfusions, trillions, truncheons, turbans, unions, unisons, urchins, utopians, vegetarians, versions, veterans, veterinarians, villains, virgins, visions, vitamins, wagons, wardens, warrens, watermelons, weakens, weapons, widens, woolens, worsens, yaupons, zillions. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-i-l-n-n-o-o-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: congratulation. | |
-2 letters: strangulation, translocating, translocation. | |
-3 letters: coagulations, consultation, continuators, gastrulation, granulations, gratulations. | |
-4 letters: angulations, astronautic, cartoonings, coagulation, continuator, contrasting, granulation, gratulation, inoculators, nonsurgical, outscorning, transacting, transaction, translating, translation, truncations, unstartling. | |
-5 letters: actuations, alacritous, angulation, annotators, antagonist, canulating, carnations, cartooning, cartoonist, castigator, castrating, castration, clangorous, coagulants, cognations, connatural, consorting, constraint, construing, consultant, consulting, contagions, contagious, contorting. | |
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