CONGRATULATE


Meaning of CONGRATULATE in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

friend

Mr. Greenway I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his formidable and invaluable contribution to the outcome of the Maastricht negotiations.

Mr. Hague I congratulate my hon. Friend on his work so far.

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the steps that he has taken to do just that.

I congratulate my hon. Friend on his recent success in the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

government

Sixthly, on environmental controls, I congratulate the Government on their more sensible and practical approach.

The Bill sets that process on its way, and I congratulate the Government on introducing it.

I congratulate the Government on introducing a timetable motion at the very start of the Committee stage.

member

He went on to congratulate the members , Executive Committee and Ciaran Ryan on the conduct of the dispute.

Outside the court some defendants were congratulated by jury members .

Once again, I congratulate the hon. Member for Chislehurst on choosing this subject for his Bill.

■ VERB

join

I join him in congratulating the industry on its export achievements - something that we never hear from the Labour party.

Will he join me in congratulating the TECs on the part that they are playing in promoting the local economy?

like

Chris Gilbertson Hungry for new products I would like to congratulate you on your excellent article on the Kwikmas pudding.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I would like to congratulate all the prizewinners.

I wrote a letter congratulating him on his appointment.

The committee is to be congratulated for presenting its findings in such an informative manner.

The President congratulated him on winning the title.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

In fact, he graciously congratulated prosecutors for a job well done.

Mr. Allason I congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend on the abolition of composite rate tax.

Nevertheless, Sangfroid took the answer in stride; he did not even congratulate Rosenberg.

One can imagine them forthrightly shaking hands and congratulating and thanking each other, but the words are lost to posterity.

When I congratulated the poor girl, she almost fainted.

You should have been allowed to congratulate her first.

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