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welcome

'welkәm16 senses · 217 ms
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adj/ˈwɛl.kəm/
  1. 1

    Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.

    • a welcome visitor
    • Refugees are welcome in our city!
  2. 2

    Producing gladness.

    • a welcome turn of events; welcome news
  3. 3

    Followed by to: free to have or enjoy gratuitously.

    • You are welcome to the use of my library.
intj/ˈwɛl.kəm/
  1. 1

    Greeting given upon someone's arrival.

    • Welcome to the life of Electra Heart!
  2. 2

    Ellipsis of you're welcome..Southern-USabbreviationalt-of

noun/ˈwɛl.kəm/
  1. 1

    The act of greeting someone’s arrival, especially by saying "Welcome!"; reception.

  2. 2

    The utterance of such a greeting.

  3. 3

    Kind reception of a guest or newcomer.

    • We entered the house and found a ready welcome.
  4. 4

    The state of being a welcome guest; a feeling of one's presence and comfort being desired.

    • The townspeople crossed freely from bank to bank, and it stayed that way until breakup in March or April or, in years when winter outstayed its welcome, maybe even May.
verb/ˈwɛl.kəm/
  1. 1

    To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".

    • But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. By the time we reached the house we were thanking our stars she had come. Mrs. Cooke came out from under the port-cochere to welcome her.
    • Finnley is the fourth daughter of Jason and Kylie Kelce, having already welcomed Wyatt, Elliotte and Bennett to the family.
  2. 2

    To accept something willingly or gladly.

    • We welcome suggestions for improvement.
    • Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang welcomed cooperation with South Korea.

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