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noun
1.
the act of congratulating.
2.
congratulations, an expression of joy in the success or good fortune of another.
interjection
3.
congratulations, (used to express joy in the success or good fortune of another): Congratulations! You have just won the lottery!
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Congratulation
has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
| given to using long words. |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin congrātulātiōn- (stem of congrātulātiō), equivalent to congrātulāt(us) (see congratulate) + -iōn- -ion
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin congrātulātiōn- (stem of congrātulātiō), equivalent to congrātulāt(us) (see congratulate) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
con·grat·u·la·tion·al, adjective
pre·con·grat·u·la·tion, noun
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Example Sentences
- Each volume of this great enterprise that issues from the press is a subject for congratulation.
- Behind closed doors, however, there was less congratulation than recrimination.
- Many letters of congratulation await her at her cottage from people whom she has befriended at one time or another.
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Word Origin & History
congratulation
mid-15c., from L. congratulationem, noun of action from congratulari "wish joy," from com- "together, with" + gratulari "give thanks, show joy," from gratus "agreeable" (see grace).
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