congrat

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A form of congratulate — To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for

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Meanings

verbcongrat (third-person singular simple present congrats, present participle congrating or congratting, simple past and past participle congrated or congratted)

present singular third person congrats · participle present congrating · participle present congratting · participle past congrated · past congrated · participle past congratted · past congratted · alternative congrate

  1. abbreviationclippinginformalClipping of congratulate.

    Dad understands, but mom still hasn't congrated me on making it into grad school.

    1999 June 7, Geoff 'atom' Balme, “the cost of living now vs. whenever...and a bit of a rant.”, in alt.society.generation-x (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Dec 2025
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    the judges congratted me. the principal congratted me. my mom didnt. never a word.

    1994 February 3, Bitty, “happiness contd”, in soc.bi (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Dec 2025

    ID proved it and everybody else is scratching their heads and coming out w/ doom clones to leech the few bucks left in ID's wake, I congrat them BIGTIME!

    1994 September 16, Rich Gortatowsky, “Origin advertises r programmers”, in rec.games.programmer (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Dec 2025
Cite this entry
APA

congrat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congrat

MLA

“congrat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congrat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “congrat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/congrat.

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