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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

congrat en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) Clipping of congratulate.
    • 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:
    • 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
congrats Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
congrating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
congrated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
congrated Tense=Past lexicographic
congrate alternative lexicographic
congratting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
congratted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
congratted Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

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