MEANING
To deliberately seek someone’s favor or approval, often through flattery or helpful behavior.
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The new officer ingratiated herself with the crew by learning everyone’s name.
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Word forms
- Base
- ingratiate
- Past tense
- ingratiated
- Past participle
- ingratiated
- Present participle
- ingratiating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- ingratiate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are ingratiating
- Present perfect
- have/has ingratiated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been ingratiating
- Past
- ingratiated
- Past continuous
- was/were ingratiating
- Past perfect
- had ingratiated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been ingratiating
- Future
- will ingratiate
- Future continuous
- will be ingratiating
- Future perfect
- will have ingratiated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been ingratiating
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