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hello

[ he-loh, huh-, hel-oh ]

interjection

  1. (used to express a greeting, answer a telephone, or attract attention.)
  2. (an exclamation of surprise, wonder, elation, etc.)
  3. (used derisively to question the comprehension, intelligence, or common sense of the person being addressed):

    You're gonna go out with him? Hello!



noun

, plural hel·los.
  1. the call “hello” (used as an expression of greeting):

    She gave me a warm hello.

verb (used without object)

, hel·loed, hel·lo·ing.
  1. to say “hello”; to cry or shout:

    I helloed, but no one answered.

verb (used with object)

, hel·loed, hel·lo·ing.
  1. to say “hello” to (someone):

    We helloed each other as though nothing had happened.

hello

/ hə-; ˈhɛləʊ; hɛˈləʊ /

sentence substitute

  1. an expression of greeting used on meeting a person or at the start of a telephone call
  2. a call used to attract attention
  3. an expression of surprise
  4. an expression used to indicate that the speaker thinks his or her listener is naive or slow to realize something

    Hello? Have you been on Mars for the past two weeks or something?

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the act of saying or calling "hello"
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hello1

First recorded in 1865–70; variant of hallo
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hello1

C19: see hallo
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Example Sentences

Lilac is a goodbye to her twenties and a hello to her thirties, the artist explained, and the flower in the project title has the meaning of “memories of youth.”

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She spent first grade through ninth in Harlan County in the southeast corner where Kentucky says its hellos to Virginia.

I feel like I’m sprinting through rooms with barely a hello, and they FEEL that from all of us.

In May, they launched the Hello Ranger website as a resource created by and for the national-park-loving community, with a focus on underrepresented voices and issues.

He gets up and goes over to their table and introduces himself, and he says, ‘Hello, I’m Oliver Reed.

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Hello Ladies is, of course, about your British character navigating the L.A. dating scene.

How long did you see Hello Ladies going prior to HBO pulling the plug?

And where did the idea of the Hello Ladies movie come about?

I was mighty glad to see him, but I hadn't time to more than say "hello" before Goodell and the others came in.

There isn't a girl in a thousand who'd have done that decent thing without being bidden; but—Hello!

The door was immediately opened and the man he had seen exclaimed, "Hello, Steve, yo' un air late."

Hello—I can't hear you—you'll have to talk louder—you don't know the noise they is in this house.

Dozens of poor devils sitting around nursing their misery and afraid to say hello to another human being.

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