welcome
/ˈwɛl.kəm/ verb A1- To affirm or greet the arrival of someone, especially by saying "Welcome!".
- To accept something willingly or gladly. · We welcome suggestions for improvement.
He/she/it welcomes · Past welcomed · Past participle welcomed · -ing form welcoming
Verb forms
- Base form
- welcome
- He/she/it
- welcomes
- Past
- welcomed
- Past participle
- welcomed
- -ing form
- welcoming
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“But, never mind, he is a neighbor who has done us a service on a time, so he’s welcome.”
On a quiet countryside, where all gossip is welcome, this weakness of the lady of the Manor House did not pass without remark, and it bulked larger upon people’s memory when the events arose which gave it a very special significance.
Père Pamphile had seen Dantès pass not ten minutes before; and assured that he was at the Catalans, they sat down under the budding foliage of the planes and sycamores, in the branches of which the birds were singing their welcome to one of the first days of spring.
“Welcome, O King of Beasts!
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