greet

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  1. transitive verb To salute or welcome in a friendly and respectful way with speech or writing, as upon meeting or in opening a letter.
  2. transitive verb To receive with a specified reaction: greet a joke with laughter.
  3. transitive verb To be perceived by: A din greeted our ears.

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  • Clinton's trip is mainly a meet and greet, a chance to get to know some of the major players in the 27-member E.U. and the 26-strong NATO. —  TIME.com: Top Stories
  • During the meet and greet, the council's mission and goals as well as input for future programs will be discussed. —  thespectrum.com - Local News
  • Tickets for the meet / greet are available only by calling the Grand Rapids Symphony office at (616) 454-9451, Ext. 4 and will not be available online. —  Destructoid
  • The team from Oneupweb will be off to the Search Engine Strategies show in Chicago next week (Dec. 13-16) * In a bit of shameless self promotion, if you're at SES, stop by to see us in booth 213 In all seriousness, we're looking forward to getting back out to meet, greet, and hear what it is that's foremost on the minds of customers heading into '05 .... —  StraightUpSearch
  • Fulltime staffers and freelancers gathered at Press Box Grill in downtown Dallas to meet, greet, and drink at the first all-media mediabistro. com happy hour of 2006. —  mediabistro.com: Media News
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greeting ·  farewell ·  salutation ·  salute ·  nod ·  acknowledgment ·  welcome ·  reply ·  compliment ·  invitation ·  courtesy ·  cheer

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greet:   greeting ·  greeted ·  greets
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Middle English greten, from Old English grētan.

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  1. from Middle English greten, from Anglo-Saxon grētan = Old Saxon grōtian = OFries. grēta = Dutch groeten = Middle Low German groten, gruten = Old High German gruozen, Middle High German grüezen, German grüssen, greet; not in Scandinavian or Gothic (Moesogothic)
  2. from Middle English grete = Dutch groet = Middle Low German grōt, grūt, masculine, grote, feminine, = Old High German gruoz, Middle High German gruoz, masculine, gruoze, feminine, German gruss, a greeting, salute; from the verb.
  3. Scots also greit; from Middle English greten, from Anglo-Saxon grǣtan, grētan = Icelandic grāta = Swedish gråta = Danish grœde = Gothic (Moesogothic) grētan, weep.
  4. from Middle English grete, weeping; from the verb. Cf. Middle English grot, from Icelandic grātr = Swedish gråt = Danish graad = Gothic (Moesogothic) grēts, weeping.
 

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