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# congratulate

«congratulate» in Mova's school dictionary: **to tell them you are pleased about their success, good…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (congratulate, congratulates, congratulated, congratulating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To congratulate someone means to tell them you are pleased about their success, good luck or happy event: we congratulated her on winning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congratulate/#m1)

2) To congratulate yourself means to feel pleased with yourself for something you did. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congratulate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Good manners and sport: after a game, congratulate the winners even if you lost («good game!»); on birthdays, new babies, weddings and prizes, people send cards saying «Congratulations!». At school, teachers congratulate pupils in assembly. Phrases: congratulate someone on, congratulate someone for, warmly congratulate, Congratulations!

### examples

- We congratulated Mia on winning the spelling bee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congratulate/#x1)
- Our team congratulated the winners after the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congratulate/#x2)
- The head teacher congratulated the whole class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congratulate/#x3)
- I congratulated my aunt on her new baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congratulate/#x4)
- Congratulations on passing your swimming test! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congratulate/#x5)
- He congratulated himself on finishing the puzzle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congratulate/#x6)
- "To my lord Marquis of Carabas," replied the reapers; and the King again congratulated the Marquis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congratulate/#x7)

### note

Regular verb. Use «congratulate on» (+ noun or -ing): «congratulate you on your win». Noun: congratulations — usually plural, and spelled with «t», not «d» («congradulations» is a common mistake). Informal: «congrats».

### In the corpora

- [A good winner says good game, and a good loser congratulates the winner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/51-manners-and-kindness/18/)
- [A good sport congratulates the winner and does not show off after winning.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/52-friends-teams-and-fair-play/17/)
- [If you lose a party game, you congratulate the winner and keep smiling.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/130-birthday-parties/11/)
- [A good winner is happy without rubbing it in, and a good loser congratulates the winner.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/425-family-game-night/23/)
- [A good loser shakes hands, congratulates the winner and learns from the game.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/44-cheating-rules-and-games/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «congratulate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/congratulate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.