congratulations — an expression of praise or good wishes for someone's achievement, success, or good fortune (usually used in plural form as an exclamation)
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: an expression of praise or good wishes for someone's achievement, success, or good fortune (usually used in plural form as an exclamation)
Pronunciation (IPA): /kənˌɡrætʃəˈleɪʃənz/
Example Sentences
- Congratulations! You've finally learned to spell 'congratulations' without spell-check.
- The whole class shouted congratulations when he got a perfect score on the CSAT mock exam.
- Congratulations, you just won a lifetime supply of kimchi for surviving finals week!
congratulations
NOUN[/kənˌɡrætʃəˈleɪʃənz/]
an expression of praise or good wishes for someone's achievement, success, or good fortune (usually used in plural form as an exclamation)
Friends shower the graduate with congratulations and confetti at the ceremony.
CON (together) + GRATUL (pleasing) — by coming together (CON) to share a pleasing (GRATUL) moment, they offered warm congratulations.
Throughout the entire nation, crowds gathered at the train station to offer loud congratulations.
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“Congratulations! You've finally learned to spell 'congratulations' without spell-check.”
“The whole class shouted congratulations when he got a perfect score on the CSAT mock exam.”
“Congratulations, you just won a lifetime supply of kimchi for surviving finals week!”
“She wrote a heartfelt congratulations message to her best friend after the graduation ceremony.”
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