Definition of Welcome

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Welcome

Received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company; as, a welcome visitor.

Producing gladness; grateful; as, a welcome present; welcome news.

Free to have or enjoy gratuitously; as, you are welcome to the use of my library.

Salutation to a newcomer.

Kind reception of a guest or newcomer; as, we entered the house and found a ready welcome.

To salute with kindness, as a newcomer; to receive and entertain hospitably and cheerfully; as, to welcome a visitor; to welcome a new idea.

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Welcome Quotations

I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
Mohandas Gandhi

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it.
John F. Kennedy

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.
Helen Keller

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
Napoleon Bonaparte

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.
Emily Dickinson

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
Langston Hughes

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.
Marcus Aurelius

The poor dog, in life the firmest friend. The first to welcome, foremost to defend.
Lord Byron

Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.
Wilson Mizner

Welcome to the 77th and last Oscars.
Chris Rock

Welcome Translations

welcome in Afrikaans is welkom
welcome in Dutch is feestelijk inhalen
welcome in French is accueillons, accueille, accuellir, bienvenir
welcome in Italian is salutare, gradito, desiderato, benvenuto
welcome in Latin is acceptus
welcome in Portuguese is boa vinda
welcome in Spanish is acepto, cumplimentar

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