welcome

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ 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

▪

Thank you for those words of welcome.

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verb

1 greet sb/be pleased sb has come

ADVERB

▪ 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 it

ADVERB

▪ 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.

▪ initially

PHRASES

▪ 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

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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