You're Welcome

  

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You're Welcome

Definition: You're Welcome

You're Welcome

Adjective

1. Conventional response to thanks meaning `freely granted'.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Modern Usage: You're Welcome

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You're welcome. (Beauty and the Beast; writing credit: Roger Allers; Kelly Asbury)

One more thing: you're welcome. (Navy SEALS; writing credit: Chuck Pfarrer; Gary Goldman)

You're welcome. (Denis Leary: No Cure for Cancer; writing credit: Denis Leary)

If you ever need a kidney, you're welcome to one of mine! (Fired Up; writing credit: Lu Abbott; Bill Barol)

You're welcome! Join us at the picnic! (The Music Man; writing credit: Meredith Willson; Franklin Lacey)

Lyrics

Oh, you're welcome, well, I don't think I caught your name. (The Chair; performing artist: George Strait)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: You're Welcome

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

You're welcome, Miss. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Expression: You're Welcome

Expression using "you're welcome": you're welcome to it!. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: You're Welcome

Language Translations for "you're welcome"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

不"謝 , 不客氣 (blunt, don't mention it, impolite, rude). (various references)

   

Danish

  

det gør ikke noget (it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

het doet er niet toe (it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right, that's okay), graag gedaan (don't mention it), geen dank (don't mention it), datisnieterg (it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right, that's okay), datgeeftniet (it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right, that's okay), dat is niet erg (it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right), dat geeft niet (it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

nedankinde (don't mention it). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ei ansaitse (not at all). (various references)

   

French

  

il n'y a pas de quoi (you are welcome), de rien (you are welcome), cela ne fait rien. (various references)

   

French Canadian

  

bienvenue. (various references)

   

German

  

wenn's ihnen spaß macht, von mir aus gerne, nichts zu danken, keine ursache (don't mention it), gern geschehen (don't mention it, my pleasure, not at all), bitte sehr (don't mention it, please), bitte (appeal, application, don't mention it, go ahead, have a seat, here you are, if you please, not at all, petition, plea, please, please do, please pass the bread, request, suit, sure, that's all right, this way in), aber gerne. (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

það var ekkert (it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right), það gerir ekkert til (it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right). (various references)

   

Italian

  

prego (after you, don't mention it, not at all, please, you welcome). (various references)

   

Malay

  

tidak apa apa (it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

ingen årsak (it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right), det gjør ikke noe (it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

you'reay elcomeway

   

Polish

  

nie ma za co (don't mention it). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

poucoimporta (don't mention it, it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right, that's okay), nãoimporta (don't mention it, it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right, that's okay), nãohádeque (don't mention it), denada (don't mention it). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

siempre te esperamos, siempre le esperamos, no hay de qué (don't mention it, not a bit, not at all, think nothing of it). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ingen orsak (it doesn't matter, never mind, no trouble, not at all, that's all right, you are welcome), för all del (don't mention it, it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right, you are welcome), det gör ingenting (it doesn't matter, never mind, no matter, that's all right). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

не варто подяки, ласкаво просимо (welcome), будь ласка (not at all, now, please, ta). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

croeso (welcome). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

akunandaba (it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: You're Welcome

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-c-e-e-e-l-m-o-o-r-u-w-y"

-5 letters: welcomer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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