إنجليزي

ingratiate

gb/ɪŋɡɹˈeɪʃiˌeɪt/ us/ɪŋɡɹˈeɪʃiˌeɪt/
C1 إنجليزي
المعاني
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1

gain someone’s favor by flattery

to try to make someone like you (often by flattering them)

نمط الاستخدام: ingratiate yourself (with [someone]) (by [doing something])
غلطة شائعة:
Often confused with integrate (become part of a group) because the words look similar.
مرادفات
curry favor (Very close meaning; common alternative phrasing.) | butter up (More informal and often critical.) | flatter (Focuses on praise rather than the goal of gaining advantage.) | suck up (Informal and strongly negative.) | make a good impression (More neutral; does not imply insincerity.)
أضداد
alienate (To make someone dislike you or feel distant.) | offend (To upset someone and lose their goodwill.)
تراكيب شائعة
ingratiate yourself with someone |ingratiate himself with the boss |ingratiate herself with the team |ingratiate oneself by doing something |attempt to ingratiate yourself |ingratiate yourself into a group |ingratiate yourself with flattery |ingratiate themselves with management |ingratiate yourself with compliments |shamelessly ingratiate yourself
مواضيع
social_relations |persuasion |workplace |communication
أمثلة
  • He tried to ingratiate himself with the new manager by praising every decision she made.
  • She brought homemade cookies to ingratiate herself with the neighbors, but it felt forced.
  • Don’t ingratiate yourself with clients—be helpful and honest instead.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
  • He tried to ingratiate himself with his boss.
  • She used compliments to ingratiate herself with the group.
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2

make yourself acceptable to someone

to become accepted or liked by someone

نمط الاستخدام: ingratiate [someone/yourself] (with [someone])
غلطة شائعة:
This broader sense is less common today; in most contexts English uses 'ingratiate yourself with' for the idea.
مرادفات
endear (More about becoming loved/liked, usually sincerely.) | win over (Focuses on changing someone’s opinion to support you.)
أضداد
displease (To cause someone to not like you or your actions.) | antagonize (To actively make someone hostile toward you.)
تراكيب شائعة
ingratiate yourself with society |ingratiate someone with a group |ingratiate yourself with the public |ingratiate yourself with voters |ingratiate yourself with the community |ingratiate yourself with your hosts
مواضيع
social_relations |communication
أمثلة
  • He hoped the volunteer work would ingratiate him with the local community.
  • The company sponsored the event to ingratiate itself with voters ahead of the election.
  • Her calm professionalism quickly ingratiated her with the rest of the department.
أمثلة للمتعلمين
  • Her kindness ingratiated her with the team.
القواعد
الصيغة المعجمية
ingratiate
IPA
GB/ɪŋɡɹˈeɪʃiˌeɪt/
US/ɪŋɡɹˈeɪʃiˌeɪt/
المقاطع والنبر
in - gra - ti - ate (٤ مقاطع)
Stress on 2nd syllable (gra)
تصريفات الكلمة
Verb
  • Base: ingratiate
  • 3rd Person Singular: ingratiates
  • Present Participle: ingratiating
  • Past: ingratiated
عيلة الكلمة
Forms
ingratiates verb ingratiating verb C1 ingratiated verb
Core family
ingratiation noun
Related words
ingratiatingly adverb C2
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