greet1
- 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.
- Obsolete. to give salutations on meeting.
Origin of greet1
Synonyms
See more synonyms for greet on Thesaurus.comgreet2
- to grieve; lament; cry.
- to lament; bewail.
Origin of greet2
Examples from the Web for greeted
Contemporary Examples
In contrast, Boehner's leadership team filed into his ceremonial office and greeted the teary newly-elected Speaker with hugs.
Ramos would help set the tone of the day when he greeted the arriving students outside the school.
Team Christie has greeted the committee's news with somewhat predictable gloating.
It appears that even the president sensed his announcement would be greeted with skepticism.
Indeed, he was greeted by his constituents as something of a household god.
Historical Examples
The Milbreys, father and son, came up and greeted the group on the piazza.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
Malbone knew the whole company, and greeted them with his accustomed ease.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
"Then prepare to be greeted with an icy blast," predicted Emma.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower
"I'm so glad you've come," greeted Grace as her friend entered their room.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower
The reading of the letter was greeted with prolonged applause.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
greet1
- to meet or receive with expressions of gladness or welcome
- to send a message of friendship to
- to receive in a specified mannerher remarks were greeted by silence
- to become apparent tothe smell of bread greeted him
Word Origin
greet2
- (intr) to weep; lament
- weeping; lamentation
Word Origin
Word Origin and History for greeted
greet
v.
Old English gretan "to come in contact with" (in sense of "attack, accost" as well as "salute, welcome," and "touch, take hold of, handle"), from West Germanic *grotjan (cf. Old Saxon grotian, Old Frisian greta, Dutch groeten, Old High German gruozen, German grüßen "to salute, greet"), perhaps originally "to resound" (via notion of "cause to speak"), causative of Proto-Germanic *grætanan, root of Old English grætan (Anglian gretan) "weep, bewail," from PIE *gher- "to call out." Greet still can mean "cry, weep" in Scottish & northern England dialect, though this might be from a different root. Grætan is probably also the source of the second element in regret. Related: Greeted; greeting.