you are welcome

phrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see you, are, welcome.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

phraseyou are welcome!
  1. alternativeformalAlternative form of you're welcome.

    She reached out and handed me a steaming bowl of porridge. / “Thank you!” / Her eyes smiled back at me. “You are welcome.”

    2000, Eric Walters, Caged Eagles, Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 50
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see you, are, welcome.

    You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to the land of the Munchkins.

    1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Council with The Munchkins”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, page 21
Cite this entry
APA

you are welcome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20are%20welcome

MLA

“you are welcome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20are%20welcome. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “you are welcome,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20are%20welcome.

Source: you are welcome on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.