Past tense of welcome
regular verb
The past tense of welcome is welcomed. The past participle is also welcomed.
Forms of welcome
| Base form (V1) | welcome /ˈwɛl.kəm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | welcomed /ˈwɛlkəmd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | welcomed /ˈwɛlkəmd/ |
| Present participle | welcoming |
| Third person singular | welcomes |
Welcomed in a sentence
- Finnley is the fourth daughter of Jason and Kylie Kelce, having already welcomed Wyatt, Elliotte and Bennett to the family.2025 April 2, Ben Morse, “‘Whoop, there she is!’: Jason and Kylie Kelce announce birth of fourth daughter”, in CNN
- Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang welcomed cooperation with South Korea.2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- The teacher welcomed the kids to school with "Good morning, boys and girls."From the entry good morning
- The docent greeted the visitors and welcomed them to the Smithsonian.From the entry docent
- She’s welcomed them but been rude to us.From the entry but
Meaning of welcome
- adjective Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company.
- adjective Producing gladness.
- adjective Followed by to: free to have or enjoy gratuitously.
Questions about the past tense of welcome
- What is the past tense of welcome?
- The past tense of welcome is welcomed.
- What is the past participle of welcome?
- The past participle of welcome is welcomed.
- Is welcome a regular or irregular verb?
- Welcome is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: welcome (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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