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
- greeter noun
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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Upon entering the abode, guests are greeted with a large space with an open floor plan that is accentuated by the arches in the walls.
From MarketWatch
The state is the kind of place where small talk about the weather turns into a half-hour conversation about life; a place where citizens greet or wave to strangers while driving or walking past them.
From Salon
More than 60,000 greeting cards from all over the world have been delivered to a girl with cancer who wanted to break a world record on her eighth birthday.
From BBC
When they saw each other on the street in 1952, Martin greeted the president, who responded with one word: “Traitor!”
Slowly it moved its flippers like the oars of a rowboat, turning toward Renata and bobbing its head as if in greeting as it went past.
From Literature
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