transcription, транскрипция: [ kəngrætʃʊleɪt ]
( congratulates, congratulating, congratulated)
1.
If you congratulate someone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them.
She congratulated him on the birth of his son...
I was absolutely astonished by the reaction to our engagement. Everyone started congratulating us.
VERB : V n on/for n / -ing , V n
• con‧gratu‧la‧tion
We have received many letters of congratulation.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you congratulate someone, you praise them for something good that they have done.
I really must congratulate the organisers for a well run and enjoyable event...
We specifically wanted to congratulate certain players.
VERB : V n for/on n / -ing , V n
3.
If you congratulate yourself , you are pleased about something that you have done or that has happened to you.
Waterstone has every reason to congratulate himself...
VERB : V pron-refl