Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A word or gesture of welcome or salutation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Weeping; crying.
- noun Salutation at meeting or in opening communication by letter or message; formal address; a form used in accosting or addressing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
conventional phrase used to start aletter orconversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person'sarrival orpresence . - verb Present participle of
greet .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
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Examples
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Because Jews and the world are being judged by God for the coming year, a longer greeting translates as "may you be written and sealed for a good year" ketiva ve-chatima tovah.
Archive 2009-09-01 photographerno1 2009
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Yet when I meet that old gentleman, irrespective of conditions, his greeting is always the same.
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I was wondering how long it'd be before they started putting video in greeting cards, but didn't expect it in magazines first.
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Just go real fast and start jumping, Real High to avoid getting an unwelcome greeting from the resting gators.
Obstacle Courses 2009
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I was wondering how long it'd be before they started putting video in greeting cards, but didn't expect it in magazines first.
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I may greet them with the traditional greeting of "Assalam alaykum," but most times the greeting is not returned because I do not wear a hijab.
Kim Joseph: A Convert To Islam Finds Discrimination On Both Sides Of The Veil Kim Joseph 2010
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Just go real fast and start jumping, Real High to avoid getting an unwelcome greeting from the resting gators.
Obstacle Courses 2009
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Just picturing Palin greeting foreign heads of state, their names phonetically spelled out in the palm of her hand …
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The Vulcan greeting is based upon a blessing gesture used by the kohanim (koe-hah-NEEM) during the worship service.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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I may greet them with the traditional greeting of "Assalam alaykum," but most times the greeting is not returned because I do not wear a hijab.
Kim Joseph: A Convert To Islam Finds Discrimination On Both Sides Of The Veil Kim Joseph 2010
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