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greet·ing (grēt′iŋ)

noun

  1. the act or words of a person who greets; salutation; welcome
  2. a message of regards from someone absent

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greeting Synonyms

greeting

n.

  1. A salutation

    welcome, address, notice, reception, attention, accosting, speaking to, heralding, ushering in, acknowledgement, salutation, one's compliments, regards.

    Common greetings include: hello, how do you do? how are you? aloha (Hawaiian); hola, qué tal? (both Spanish); shalom (Hebrew); wie geht's? (German); comment allez-vous?, comment ça va? (both French); good morning, good day, good afternoon, good evening, good morrow; bonjour, bon soir, bonne nuit (all French); guten Morgen, guten Abend (both German); buenos días, buenas tardes, buenas noches (all Spanish); ciao, buon giorno, buona notte (all Italian); hi*, hey*, howdy*, yo*, you*, say*, I say*, what's new?*, how's it going?* what's up?* what do you know?* how's tricks?* how goes it?* what's happening?* what's going on?*

  2. A message of courtesy

    testimonial, note, card; see letter 2.


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greeting Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • personalize: He welcomes guests with a personalized greeting, serves canapés, and once dinner is served moves around the tables creating hysterical impromptu situations.

Preposition: on

  • behalf: Extend my greetings on behalf of my family to Mr Beaker.

Adjective modifier

  • fraternal: Enemy's fraternal greetings The following from The Times is a translation of a letter from a Belgian soldier: Christmas in the trenches.

Modifies a noun

  • card: The greeting card has been left blank for your own special message.

Noun used with modifier

  • birthday: Add a tune to a birthday greeting, a wink to a text message or exchange the latest in musical ring tones with friends.

Possessives

  • season: Season's Greetings, Ben Hello 3 December 2002 Hi.

Preposition: for

  • caller: Create greetings for specific callers, and/or chosen called numbers, and schedule them to play at specific times.
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greeting quotes

I met Curzon in Downing Street, and received the sort of greeting a corpse would give an undertaker.

-Baldwin (of Bewdley), Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl

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