congratulations
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, /-t͡ʃʊ-/, /-d͡ʒə-/, /-d͡ʒʊ-/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˌɡɹat͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, /-t͡ʃʊ-/, /-tjə-/, /-tjʊ-/, /-d͡ʒə-/, /-d͡ʒʊ-/
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Interjection
congratulations
- Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
- 2013 November 30, Paul Davis, “Letters: Say it as simply as possible”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8864:
- 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?
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expressing approbation
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