congratulate
verb (used with object)
to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion.
will congratulate
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future tenseof congratulate.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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"If they celebrate after the second match I will congratulate them but now calm down because it's not over."
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
“If, at the end, Senator Kelly has more of them than I do, then I will congratulate him on a hard-fought victory,” Masters said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2022
He will congratulate the police on how quickly they corrected the record.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2020
“I will congratulate myself. I’m going to be the winner,” Buhari told reporters after he voted this morning in his hometown in Katsina state, the country’s poorest.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2019
Successful or not, Author and Composer will congratulate themselves that, to deserve, if not command success, they 'ad don all they knew.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 24, 1892 by Various
