welcome
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ big, enthusiastic, friendly, hearty (esp. AmE), great, rapturous (esp. BrE), rousing, special, tumultuous (esp. BrE), warm▪
The audience gave the band a rousing welcome.
▪ broad (esp. BrE)▪The proposals have been given a broad welcome by green campaigners.
▪ cautious, guarded, qualified (all esp. BrE)▪ official▪ hero's▪She got a hero's welcome on her return from the Olympics.
VERB + WELCOME▪ get, receive▪ extend, give sb▪ outstay, overstay▪Sensing that he had outstayed his welcome, he quickly left.
WELCOME + VERB▪ await sb (BrE)▪A warm welcome awaits you at this family-run hotel.
PREPOSITION▪ in welcome▪She held out her arms in welcome.
▪ welcome from▪The proposal received a warm welcome from the committee.
▪ welcome to▪A big welcome to our special guest, James Greenan.
▪They received a friendly welcome to their new home.
PHRASES▪ words of welcome▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}Thank you for those words of welcome.
verb1 greet sb/be pleased sb has comeADVERB▪ heartily, warmly▪If you visit our town you will be warmly welcomed.
▪ gladly (esp. AmE)▪ formally (esp. BrE), officially▪ back▪The whole family turned out to welcome him back.
VERB + WELCOME▪ be delighted to, be pleased to▪ prepare to, wait to▪The school is preparing to welcome the new intake of students.
PREPOSITION▪ into▪He welcomed us into the club.
▪ to▪We are delighted to welcome you to our company.
PHRASES▪ look forward to welcoming sb, welcome sb with open arms▪They welcomed the new volunteers with open arms (= with enthusiasm).
2 be pleased about sth and support itADVERB▪ enthusiastically, especially, greatly, particularly, really, warmly▪Many companies have warmly welcomed these changes in legislation.
▪ positively (esp. BrE)▪We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community.
▪ broadly (esp. BrE)▪ cautiously▪Economists cautiously welcomed the president's initiative.
▪ initiallyPHRASES▪ be generally welcomed, be universally welcomed, be widely welcomed (all esp. BrE)▪The proposals have been widely welcomed.
Welcome is used with these nouns as the object: ↑announcement, ↑arrival, ↑assistance, ↑challenge, ↑chance, ↑comment, ↑criticism, ↑enquiry, ↑feedback, ↑guest, ↑help, ↑idea, ↑immigrant, ↑initiative, ↑input, ↑move, ↑news, ↑proposal, ↑prospect, ↑reduction, ↑reform, ↑return, ↑revolution, ↑submission, ↑suggestion, ↑visitor{{Roman}}III.{{/Roman}}adj.VERBS▪ be, feel▪ make sb▪They made us very welcome in their home.
ADVERB▪ very▪The 1% rate cut is extremely welcome.
▪ especially, extremely, more than, most, particularly▪You would be a most welcome guest.
▪ perfectly, quite▪You are perfectly welcome to stay here, if you don't mind the mess.
▪ not entirely▪He made it plain that Holman's interest in his business affairs was not entirely welcome.
▪ always▪Visitors are always welcome.
PREPOSITION▪ to▪New members are welcome to the club.
Welcome is used with these nouns: ↑addition, ↑antidote, ↑bonus, ↑boost, ↑break, ↑change, ↑contrast, ↑departure, ↑development, ↑distraction, ↑diversion, ↑escape, ↑guest, ↑improvement, ↑initiative, ↑innovation, ↑news, ↑opportunity, ↑refuge, ↑release, ↑relief, ↑reminder, ↑reprieve, ↑respite, ↑return, ↑shade, ↑sight, ↑sign, ↑step, ↑touch, ↑trend, ↑visitor
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welcome — O.E. wilcuma, exclamation of kindly greeting, from earlier wilcuma (n.) welcome guest, lit. one whose coming is in accord with another s will, from willa pleasure, desire, choice (see WILL (Cf. will) (v.)) + cuma guest, related to cuman (see COME … Etymology dictionary
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