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  • 1welcome someone with open arms — welcome/receive/someone with open arms phrase to be very happy to see someone or to let them stay with you Allied troops were welcomed with open arms. Thesaurus: to welcome or greet, and to say hellosynonym Main entry: open …

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  • 2receive someone with open arms — welcome/receive/someone with open arms phrase to be very happy to see someone or to let them stay with you Allied troops were welcomed with open arms. Thesaurus: to welcome or greet, and to say hellosynonym Main entry: open …

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  • 3welcome — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, enthusiastic, friendly, hearty (esp. AmE), great, rapturous (esp. BrE), rousing, special, tumultuous (esp. BrE) …

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  • 4open — o|pen1 [ oupən ] adjective *** ▸ 1 when public can visit ▸ 2 when you can see inside ▸ 3 not covered/enclosed ▸ 4 not blocked ▸ 5 not hidden/secret ▸ 6 anyone can see/join ▸ 7 considering suggestions ▸ 8 when something can be done ▸ 9 possible ▸… …

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  • 5open */*/*/ — I UK [ˈəʊpən] / US [ˈoʊpən] adjective 1) if a shop, restaurant etc is open, people are working there and the public can use or visit it Are the shops open on Sundays? There s a bar that stays open all night. open for business: We are open for… …

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  • 6receive — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To take into one s charge] Syn. accept, be given, admit, take, get, obtain, gain, inherit, acquire, gather up, collect, reap, procure, derive, appropriate, seize, take possession, redeem, pocket, pick up, hold, come by, earn …

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  • 7welcome — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. greeting, salutation, cordial reception, glad hand (sl.). v. t. greet, salute; embrace, receive (gladly), hail. adj. pleasing, agreeable, acceptable, wanted, gratifying. See courtesy, sociality,… …

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  • 8open — adj., v., & n. adj. 1 not closed or locked or blocked up; allowing entrance or passage or access. 2 a (of a room, field, or other area) having its door or gate in a position allowing access, or part of its confining boundary removed. b (of a… …

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  • 9open*/*/*/ — [ˈəʊpən] adj I 1) if a shop, restaurant etc is open, the public can use it or visit it Ant: closed, shut The bar stays open all night.[/ex] the campaign to keep the hospital open[/ex] The house is only open to the general public for three weeks… …

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  • 10receive — v 1. get, come by, realize, succeed to, inheriti come into, fall into; gain, derive, obtain, acquire; take in, harvest, garner, reap, gather, collect, glean; (all usu. of wages) earn, make, draw, Sl. pull down, gross, clear, net, Inf. take home,… …

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