welcomes

1. 1
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of welcome.

   The committee welcomes feedback from all of its members.

   The mayor welcomes visitors to the city each summer.

   Note

   The -s ending belongs only to the verb, and the verb does two jobs. With a person as its object, it greets an arrival, often with to and a place (welcomes visitors to the city). With a thing as its object, it means accepting gladly (welcomes feedback). The adjective and the interjection never take the ending: a guest is welcome, never "welcomes".

2. 2
   noun

   Plural of welcome.

   The town gave the returning soldiers several warm welcomes.

   Their enthusiastic welcomes made the guests feel at home.

   Note

   A plural that counts greetings. Each act of receiving someone, or each spoken "Welcome!", can be one of several welcomes: warm, official, enthusiastic. The broader idea of being a welcome guest stays singular, because it describes a state rather than an event. The same spelling also serves the present-tense verb, so "their welcomes" and "she welcomes" are told apart only by the words around them.

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