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| greet [ greet ] (past and past participle greet·ed, present participle greet·ing, 3rd person present singular greets) |
transitive verb |
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1. welcome somebody: to welcome somebody in a cordial and usually conventional way
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2. address somebody courteously: to address somebody in a polite and usually conventional way on meeting
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3. address somebody in letter: to address a person or group at the start of a letter using a set formula
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4. reply to something: to receive or respond to something in a particular way
  The news was greeted with dismay.
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5. become noticeable to somebody: to become perceptible to somebody, especially by way of the senses such as vision, hearing, or smell
The smell of a cake baking greeted them.
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| [ Old English gretan< W Germanic, "resound"] |
