greeting
Use Greeting in a sentence
tɪŋ noun
1.
the act or words of a person who greets.
2.
a friendly message from someone who is absent: a greeting from a friend in another country.
3.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
2.
to meet or receive: to be greeted by cheering crowds; to greet a proposal with boos and hisses.
3.
to manifest itself to: Music greeted his ear as he entered the salon.
verb (used without object)
4.
Obsolete. to give salutations on meeting.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English greten, Old English grētan; cognate with German grüssen
before 900; Middle English greten, Old English grētan; cognate with German grüssen
Related forms
greet·er, noun
Synonyms
1. hail, accost.
1. hail, accost.
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greet1 (ɡriːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to meet or receive with expressions of gladness or welcome |
| 2. | to send a message of friendship to |
| 3. | to receive in a specified manner: her remarks were greeted by silence |
| 4. | to become apparent to: the smell of bread greeted him |
| [Old English grētan; related to Old High German gruozzen to address] | |
| greet2 (ɡriːt) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to weep; lament |
| —n | |
| 2. | weeping; lamentation |
| [from Old English grētan, northern dialect variant of grætan; compare Old Norse grāta, Middle High German grazen] | |
| greeting (ˈɡriːtɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act or an instance of welcoming or saluting on meeting |
| 2. | (often plural) |
| a. an expression of friendly salutation | |
| b. (as modifier): a greetings card | |
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Word Origin & History
greet
O.E. gretan "to come in contact with" (in sense of "attack, accost" as well as "salute, welcome"), from W.Gmc. *grotja (cf. O.S. grotian, O.Fris. greta, Du. groeten, O.H.G. gruozen, Ger. grußen "to salute, greet"), perhaps originally "to resound" (via notion of "cause to speak"), causative of P.Gmc.
*grætanan, root of O.E. grætan (Anglian gretan) "weep, bewail," and greet still means "cry, weep" in Scot. & northern England dialect. Grætan is probably also the source of the second element in regret. First record of greeting card is from 1898.
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Example sentences
The nickname describes not so much his demeanor as his ursine size and his habit of greeting friends with bear hugs.
My admittedly anecdotal, haphazard research tells me that the volume of holiday greeting cards is down this year.
He would help carry groceries, and was ready with a smile and a greeting.
Then he concluded that he was too busy meeting and greeting to record his impressions in a timely fashion, and he gave up.
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