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Collocations for welcome - 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.

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VERB + welcome

get, receive
extend, give sb
outstay, overstay
Sensing that he had outstayed his welcome, he quickly left.

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welcome + VERB

await sb (BrE)
A warm welcome awaits you at this family-run hotel.

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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.

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PHRASES

words of welcome
Thank you for those words of welcome.

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Collocations for welcome - 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.

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VERB + welcome

be delighted to, be pleased to
prepare to, wait to
The school is preparing to welcome the new intake of students.

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PREPOSITION

into
He welcomed us into the club.
to
We are delighted to welcome you to our company.

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PHRASES

look forward to welcoming sb, welcome sb with open arms
They welcomed the new volunteers with open arms (= with enthusiasm).

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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

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PHRASES

be generally welcomed, be universally welcomed, be widely welcomed (all esp. BrE)
The proposals have been widely welcomed.

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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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Collocations for welcome - adj.

VERBS

be, feel
make sb
They made us very welcome in their home.

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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.

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PREPOSITION

to
New members are welcome to the club.

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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

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