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Meaning of 'greet' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Greet [ a.]
- Great.
2 . Greet [ n.]
- Mourning.
- Greeting.
3 . Greet [ v. i.]
- To weep; to cry; to lament.
- To meet and give salutations.
4 . Greet [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
- To accost; to address.

Meaning of 'greet' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . greet [ v]
Meaning (1):
- be perceived by
Example in sentence:
  • Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment
Meaning (2):
- react to in a certain way
Example in sentence:
  • The President was greeted with catcalls

Nearby Words:

gre grease greased greaser greasily greasiness greasing greasy great great-bellied

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