Meaning

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

    begrüßen, willkommen heißen, bewillkommnen

    приве́тствоватьprivétstvovatʹ

    віта́тиvitáty

    bid welcome to; greet upon arrival

  2. To accept something willingly or gladly.

    We welcome suggestions for improvement.

    begrüßen, gutheißen

    приве́тствоватьprivétstvovatʹ

    accept gladly

Examples

1216 sentences
  1. You're welcome to do anything you like.

    Ти можеш робити все, що хочеш. — aandrusiak

  2. Tom isn't welcome here.

    Тому тут не раді. — deniko

    ruТому здесь не рады. — marafon

    deTom ist hier unwillkommen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Am I welcome here?

    Мені тут раді? — deniko

    ruМне здесь рады? — marafon

    deBin ich hier willkommen? — Jan_Schreiber

  4. Tom is welcome here.

    Тому тут раді. — deniko

    ruТому здесь рады. — marafon

    deTom ist hier willkommen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

    Вхід вільний, але пожертвування вітаються. — deniko

    deDer Eintritt ist frei, aber Spenden sind gern gesehen. — raggione

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
affirm or greet the arrival of someone:
Русский
By meaning 1
affirm or greet the arrival of someone:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
affirm or greet the arrival of someone:
to accept willingly:

Origin

From Middle English welcome, wolcume, wulcume, wilcume, from Old English wilcuma (“a wishe

From Middle English welcome, wolcume, wulcume, wilcume, from Old English wilcuma (“a wished-for guest”; compare also wilcume (“welcome!”, interjection)), from Proto-West Germanic *willjakwemō, from Proto-Germanic *wiljakwemô (“a wished-for arrival or guest”), possibly from *wiljakwemaną (“to be welcome”), equivalent to will (“desire”) + come (“comer, arrival”). The component wil- was replaced by wel- when the sense “guest” of the second component was no longer understood, likely under influence from the adverb well.

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Forms

welcomes, welcoming, welcomed, welcomed
Base formwelcome · to welcome
3rd person singularwelcomes
Present participlewelcoming
Past simplewelcomed
Past participlewelcomed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywelcome
he, she, itwelcomes

Past simpleLesson

all personswelcomed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave welcomed
he, she, ithas welcomed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill welcome

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • bid welcome to; greet upon arrival:receive

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

17 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • welcome to our
  • welcome to my
  • welcome to the
  • welcome to stay
  • welcome to come
  • wasn't welcome here
  • welcome to join
  • more than welcome
  • not welcome here
  • always welcome
  • than welcome to
  • warm welcome

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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