hello
hello (he lō′, hel′ō′)
- used as a greeting or response, as in telephoning
- used to attract attention
- used to express astonishment or surprise hello! what's this in my soup?
Etymology: var. of hollo
noun pl. -·los′
an instance of saying or exclaiming “hello”
intransitive verb, transitive verb -·loed′, -·lo′·ing
to say or exclaim “hello” (to)
hello
interj.
Antonyms
Possessives
- payment: These strategies should also include a scheme for ' golden hello ' payments for new staff in shortage subjects.
Converse of object
- say: He would not say hello or even nod at me.
- shout: So moving with all the gorgeous kids waving like crazy and shouting hello or goodbye and all wanting their photos taken.
- wave: She was beaming as I waved hello to her and shouted " They've got him.
- mean: By the way I think jambo means hello or something similar.
Adjective modifier
- golden: These strategies should also include a scheme for ' golden hello ' payments for new staff in shortage subjects.
- cheery: And everywhere we go, Michael gets a wave and a cheery hello from the people who are making things happen.
- quick: A quick hello to my little sister, who told me how great the War Child album is.
- big: A big hello to anyone I was at school with.
- friendly: Staff will welcome you with a herbal drink and a friendly hello, and guide you through your treatments with expert grace and knowledge.
- warm: I welcome you with open arms to say a warm hello, Do we have a future, will you stay or go?
Modifies a noun
- hello.c: So, when compiling, I used " g++ -I $ INCLUDE -o hello hello.c " to compile.
- Mr: If you window dressing I was bored at work today, so I started looking at a redesign of hello mr mackenzie.
- everybody: Ahotz says, " hi all " Franco says, " hello everybody " Paolo finds its way in.
- everyone: Newbie in search of advice First of all hello everyone!
- world: For example the string, " hello world " is in blue.
Noun used with modifier
Adieu tristesse Bonjour tristesse. Farewell sadness Hello sadness.
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