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welcoming

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wel·come  (wlkm)
adj.
1. Received with pleasure and hospitality into one's company or home: a welcome guest.
2. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; agreeable or gratifying: a welcome respite from hard work.
3. Cordially or willingly permitted or invited: You are welcome to join us.
4. Used in the expression you're welcome to acknowledge an expression of gratitude.
n.
1. A cordial greeting or hospitable reception given to an arriving person.
2. A reception upon arrival: gave the stranger an unfriendly welcome.
3. The state of being welcome: Don't overstay your welcome.
tr.v. wel·comed, wel·com·ing, wel·comes
1. To greet, receive, or entertain (another or others) cordially or hospitably.
2. To receive or accept gladly: would welcome a little privacy.
interj.
Used to greet cordially a visitor or recent arrival.
Idiom:
wear out (one's) welcome
To visit so often or stay so long as to become a nuisance.
[Middle English, alteration (influenced by wel, well) of Old English wilcuma, welcome guest, welcome; see gw- in Indo-European roots.]
welcome·ly adv.
welcome·ness n.
welcom·er n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.welcomingwelcoming - very cordial; "a welcoming smile"
hospitable - disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity; "a good-natured and hospitable man"; "a hospitable act"; "hospitable invitations"
Translations
French welcoming [ˈwɛlkəmɪŋ] adj → accueillant(e); [speech] → d'accueil
German welcoming [ˈwɛlkəmɪŋ] welcome adj [smile, room] → einladend; [person] → freundlich
Italian welcoming [ˈwɛlkəmɪŋ] adj → accogliente
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With a strange welcoming of the familiar I saw also Cesar amongst them, and recognised Dominic's old, well-known, effective gesture, the horizontal sweep of his powerful arm.
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