greeting

4 definitions found

greeting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Greet \Greet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greeted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Greeting.] [OE. greten, AS. gr[=e]tan to address, approach;
     akin to OS. gr[=o]tian, LG. gr["o]ten, D. groeten, OHG.
     gruozzen, G. gr["u]ssen. [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.
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              My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the
        heart glad.
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              In vain the spring my senses greets.  --Addison.
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     3. To accost; to address. --Pope.
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  Greeting \Greet"ing\, n.
     Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a
     compliment from one absent.
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           Write to him . . . gentle adieus and greetings. --Shak.
  
     Syn: Salutation; salute; compliment.
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greeting - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  greeting
      n 1: (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good
           will (especially on meeting) [syn: greeting,
           salutation]

greeting - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "greeting":
     Parthian shot, accost, address, affirmation, allegation, answer,
     apostrophe, assertion, averment, best wishes, bob, bow, card,
     comment, compliments, crack, curtsy, declaration, devoirs, dictum,
     embrace, exclamation, expression, good wishes, greetings, hail,
     hand-clasp, handshake, hello, how-do-you-do, hug, interjection,
     kiss, mention, message, nod, note, observation, phrase, position,
     pronouncement, question, reception, reflection, regards, remark,
     respects, salutation, salute, say, saying, sentence, smile,
     smile of recognition, statement, subjoinder, thought, utterance,
     wave, welcome, word