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welcome
- 1) adjective, gladly and cordially received or admitted
- 2) adjective, bringing pleasure or gratitude
- 3) adjective, freely permitted or invited
- 4) adjective, under no obligation (only in such phrases as you're welcome or he's welcome, as conventional responses to thanks)
- 5) sentence substitute, an expression of cordial greeting, esp to a person whose arrival is desired or pleasing
- 6) noun, the act of greeting or receiving a person or thing; reception
- 7) noun, wear out one's welcome to come more often or stay longer than is acceptable or pleasing
- 8) verb, to greet the arrival of (visitors, guests, etc) cordially or gladly
- 9) verb, to receive or accept, esp gladly
Etymology
C12: changed (through influence of well1) from Old English wilcuma (agent noun referring to a welcome guest), wilcume (a greeting of welcome), from wil will2 + cuman to come
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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greeting, welcome, entertainment, reception, acceptance, hail, hospitality, salutation, greet, meet, receive, embrace, hail, karanga (N.Z.), mihi (N.Z.), appreciate, embrace, pleasing, want, accepted, appreciate, acceptable, pleasant, desirable, refreshing, delightful, gratify, agreeable, pleasurable, want, invite, free, invite