Congratulations Meaning

/kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, /-t͡ʃʊ-/, /-d͡ʒə-/, /-d͡ʒʊ-/, /kənˌɡɹat͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, /-t͡ʃʊ-/, /-tjə-/, /-tjʊ-/, /-d͡ʒə-/, /-d͡ʒʊ-/
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intjExpressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.

"Warm congratulations on your newborn boy!"
"Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?"— 2013 November 30, Paul Davis, “Letters: Say it as simply as possible”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8864:

nounplural of congratulation

Congratulations on coming first in the competition.
He offered his congratulations on the happy occasion.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She received many ____ after finishing her first marathon.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We sent a huge bouquet of flowers to offer our ____ on the birth of their healthy baby.

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CEFR Practice Quiz
She received many ____ after finishing her first marathon.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We sent a huge bouquet of flowers to offer our ____ on the birth of their healthy baby.

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