greeting
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greeting
- /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/
Rhymes with -iːtɪŋ
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, greet + -ing.
noun greetings
- A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence. It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.
- The action of the verb to greet. I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.
Similar: accost, address, greeting, hail, salutation
verb
- present participle and gerund of greet
