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/kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ · interjection
Expressing 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?
Use congratulations when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Congratulations means Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation..
Common synonyms include felicitations. See Thesaurus:well done, praise, kudos.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Warm congratulations on your newborn boy!
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