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Definitions for congratulations
con·grat·u·la·tions

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. praise, congratulations, kudos, extolmentnoun

    an expression of approval and commendation

    "he always appreciated praise for his work"

Wiktionary

  1. congratulationsinterjection

    Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation

Wikipedia

  1. Congratulations

    Congratulations is a song recorded by British singer Cliff Richard. The song was written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter. It is best known as the British entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1968, held in London.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of congratulations in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of congratulations in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of congratulations in a Sentence

  1. Karen Handel:

    After carefully reviewing all of the election results data, it is clear that I came up a bit short on Tuesday, congratulations to Representative-Elect Lucy McBath and I send Lucy McBath only good thoughts and much prayer for the journey that lies ahead for Lucy McBath.

  2. Louise Martin:

    Congratulations Gold Coast, congratulations Queensland and congratulations Australia, you have truly delivered a golden Games for the Commonwealth.

  3. Gael Monfils:

    Congratulations to Rafa, an incredible match today and I'm very happy that you won again.

  4. Dominic Thiem:

    I mean, congratulations to him and I'm happy for him. But it was not the real me there on the court.

  5. Donald Trump:

    Kevin McAleenan has done an outstanding job as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security. We have worked well together with Border Crossings being way down. Kevin now, after many years in Government, wants to spend more time with his family and go to the private sector, congratulations Kevin, on a job well done ! I will be announcing the new Acting Secretary next week. Many wonderful candidates !

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