CONGRATULATE


Meaning of CONGRATULATE in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ heartily , warmly

▪ personally , publicly

▪

The President himself is here to personally ~ the winner.

VERB + CONGRATULATE

▪ have to , must , want to , wish to , would like to

▪

I must ~ you on your excellent exam results.

▪

I just wanted to ~ you on your victory.

PREPOSITION

▪ for

▪

The employees should be ~d for the part they have played in the success.

▪ on

▪

She ~d me warmly on my performance.

▪

The organizers are congratulating themselves on attracting record numbers to the event.

PHRASES

▪ sb is to be ~d

▪

The company is to be ~d on its success.

▪ to join sb in congratulating sb

▪

Please join me in congratulating Luke on an outstanding season.

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