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welcome
Interjection
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You say welcome as a greeting when someone arrives.
welcome
Verb
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To greet or affirm the arrival of someone.
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When you welcome ideas, you accept them gladly and willingly.
We welcome any suggestions you have so that we may improve our services.
welcome
Adjective
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When someone is welcome, their arrival makes people happy.
You are welcome to stay at my house whenever you want.
welcome
Noun
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The act of welcoming.
Everyone, give a warm welcome to Mr. John Smith!
task
Noun
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A task is a specific piece of work, often unpleasant.
Come here, young man. I have a task for you to do.
Telecommunications systems for hotels now perform many more tasks than just allowing people to make telephone calls.
When I was young, I had the task of milking the cows.
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If you take someone to task, you criticise them strongly.
Father took her to task for taking the car without asking.
task
Verb
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If you task someone with doing something, you give them that job.