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Collocations for congratulate - verb

ADVERB

heartily, warmly
personally, publicly
The President himself is here to personally congratulate the winner.

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VERB + congratulate

have to, must, want to, wish to, would like to
I must congratulate you on your excellent exam results.
I just wanted to congratulate you on your victory.

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PREPOSITION

for
The employees should be congratulated for the part they have played in the success.
on
She congratulated me warmly on my performance.
The organizers are congratulating themselves on attracting record numbers to the event.

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PHRASES

sb is to be congratulated
The company is to be congratulated on its success.
to join sb in congratulating sb
Please join me in congratulating Luke on an outstanding season.

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