Collocations for "welcome"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "welcome" in context.
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welcome
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- welcome the [guests, new student, speaker]
- welcomed him into her [home, bed]
- welcomed him with [open arms, kisses, flowers]
- ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
- (please) join me in welcoming
- welcomed by the [class, principal, owner, president]
- welcomed into the [class, group, team]
- welcome and [encourage, support]
- welcome (your) [comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, proposals]
- welcome the [opportunity, possibility, decision, announcement] (to)
- welcomed [warmly, enthusiastically, hesitantly]
- welcomed [her] home
- welcome to [your new home, school]
- welcomed [them] back
- welcome to [hell, the madhouse]
- you're welcome to [try, explore, comment]
- you're welcome here [anytime, whenever]
- you are [a, our] welcome guest
- [is] a welcome sight
- [get, earn] a welcome [break, rest]
- [a, the] welcome [page, message, committee, mat]
- [you're] (very) welcome
- you're [more than, very] welcome to [it, him, her]
- you're [more than, very] welcome to [try it, go, leave, stay]
- please feel welcome to [try, explore, comment]
- felt (very) welcome
- did not feel [welcome at all, at all welcome]
- [applications, submissions, families, children] are welcome
- a [positive, rapturous, rousing, hearty] welcome
- [received, was given, is expecting] a [positive] welcome
- the [team, star, president] received a [positive] welcome
- let's [have, hear, give] a big welcome for
- a [hero's, heroine's] welcome
- will not be [getting, given] a warm welcome
- the [decision, news, plan] received a cool welcome
- with their hands [held, stretched] out in welcome
- a welcome [mat, banner]
- welcome drinks
- holding a welcome reception
- welcome [back, home]
- welcome back to the [show, program, match]
- welcome to [our home, the store]
'welcome' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Mexican
- addition
- adult
- atmosphere
- attend
- attendee
- bearer
- belated
- beyond
- bid
- comer
- complaint
- contrast
- criticism
- delighted
- distraction
- end
- enthusiastic
- extend
- feedback
- fold
- foreigner
- fraud
- friendly
- garnish
- greet
- guest
- hand
- hero
- humble
- input
- insight
- lady
- local
- lukewarm
- mixed
- news
- occasion
- outsider
- overwhelmed
- overwhelming
- packet
- partner
- pleasure
- rest
- reversal
- sight
- skunk
- stranger
- suggestions