greet

[Greet]

Express greetings upon meeting someone

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Great.

Verb
react to in a certain way; "The President was greeted with catcalls"

Verb
send greetings to

Verb
express greetings upon meeting someone

Verb
be perceived by; "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"

a.
Great.

v. i.
To weep; to cry; to lament.

n.
Mourning.

v. t.
To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.

v. t.
To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.

v. t.
To accost; to address.

v. i.
To meet and give salutations.

n.
Greeting.

Greet

> Greet , a. Great. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Greet

> Greet, v. i. [OE. greten, AS. gr?tan, gr?lan; akin to Icel. grata, Sw. gi?ta, Dan. gr?de, Goth. gr?ctan; cf. Skr. hr?d to sound, roar. &root;50.] To weep; to cry; to lament. [Obs. or Scot.] [Written also greit.] Spenser.

Greet

> Greet, n. Mourning. [Obs.] Spenser.

Greet

> Greet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Greeting.] [OE. greten, AS. gr?tan to address, approach; akin to OS. grtian, LG'3e gr'94ten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. gr'81ssen. &root;50.] 1. To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.

My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.

2. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.

In vain the spring my senses greets.

3. To accost; to address. Pope.

Greet

> Greet , v. i. To meet and give salutations.

There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.

Greet

> Greet, n. Greeting. [Obs.] F. Beaumont.

Great.

To weep; to cry; to lament.

Mourning.

To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.

To meet and give salutations.

Greeting.

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Usage Examples

And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.

If one more 'journalist' makes a cavalier statement about me and my band, I will personally or with my fans' help, greet them at their home and discover just how much they believe in their freedom of speech.

Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy they heed not our expectancy But round some corner of the streets of life they of a sudden greet us with a smile.

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

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Other Usage Examples

Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another day's progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper.

I try to greet my friends with a drink in my hand, a warm smile on my face, and great music in the background, because that's what gets a dinner party off to a fun start.

Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion.

When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.