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greet
1[ greet ]
verb (used with object)
- to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- to meet or receive:
to be greeted by cheering crowds; to greet a proposal with boos and hisses.
- to manifest itself to:
Music greeted his ear as he entered the salon.
verb (used without object)
- Obsolete. to give salutations on meeting.
greet
2[ greet ]
verb (used without object)
- to grieve; lament; cry.
verb (used with object)
- to lament; bewail.
greet
1/ ɡriːt /
verb
- intr to weep; lament
noun
- weeping; lamentation
greet
2/ ɡriːt /
verb
- to meet or receive with expressions of gladness or welcome
- to send a message of friendship to
- to receive in a specified manner
her remarks were greeted by silence
- to become apparent to
the smell of bread greeted him
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Other Words From
- greeter noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
"That was crazy," Lynn Jenkins of Kansas muttered to another member as she walked to greet Boehner.
Her brother Mulbah Sirleaf said Dedee could not be there to greet her child because her “heart was hurting.”
Those are the first words that slip out of my mouth when I greet Andrew Garfield at a hotel suite in Downtown Toronto.
Women parade in front of visitors, kiss them on the cheek, and greet them with “Fique à vontade” (Make yourself comfortable).
Shaw put himself right alongside the line and took a minute to shake hands and greet each delegate.
At the store he would never have given in, but he was not accustomed to hearing so loud a murmur of approval greet the opposition.
"Fine, Mr. Glavis," replied Mildred's mother, arising to greet him for the second time that day.
"I just happened to be passin' and thought I'd drop in for a spell," he said, with a profound bow to Mary, who arose to greet him.
On the arrival of the court many of the old Creole families hastened to the capital to greet their sovereigns.
The young doctor was there, too, as were Mrs. Tip Pulsifer and a half dozen others, a goodly company to greet us.
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