how to pronounce welcome

/ˈwɛlkəm/

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welcome is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of welcome in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… hey there and welcome to one of our Tod …”

meaning of welcome

Welcome means a warm and friendly greeting.

welcome frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word welcome occurs in english on average 65.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics welcome can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that welcome can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;