greet
1 Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
verb
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to meet or receive with expressions of gladness or welcome
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to send a message of friendship to
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to receive in a specified manner
her remarks were greeted by silence
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to become apparent to
the smell of bread greeted him
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of greet1
before 900; Middle English greten, Old English grētan; cognate with German grüssen
Origin of greet2
before 900; Middle English grete, Old English grǣtan; cognate with ON grāta, Gothic gretan
Example Sentences
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It came as new growth began to greet a blond dye job, around the release of his 2019 album, “Igor,” when he was wearing a high-top cut.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of people pour onto the Champs-Élysées to greet the pontiff in Paris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Piker’s mother arrives—they greet each other in Turkish—and she whips up a charcuterie plate that will be picked at all night long.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
Then his father Marco and mother Veronica, who have been so important in his rise to F1, were there to greet him at the end.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
He held the box over his head, ready to greet his friends, but they were shouting at him and waving their arms.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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