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greeting

greet·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [gree-ting]
    • /ˈgri tɪŋ/
    • /ˈɡriː.tɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [gree-ting]
    • /ˈgri tɪŋ/

Definitions of greeting word

  • noun greeting the act or words of a person who greets. 1
  • noun greeting a friendly message from someone who is absent: a greeting from a friend in another country. 1
  • noun greeting greetings, an expression of friendly or respectful regard: Send my greetings to your family. 1
  • verb with object greeting to lament; bewail. 1
  • verb without object greeting to grieve; lament; cry. 1
  • noun greeting A polite word or sign of welcome or recognition. 1

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Origin of greeting

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English, Old English gretinge. See greet1, -ing1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Greeting

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

greeting popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

greeting usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for greeting

noun greeting

  • letter — a person who lets, especially one who rents out property.
  • nod — to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command.
  • ovation — an enthusiastic public reception of a person, marked especially by loud and prolonged applause.
  • salute — Military. to pay respect to or honor by some formal act, as by raising the right hand to the side of the headgear, presenting arms, firing cannon, dipping colors, etc.
  • reception — the act of receiving or the state of being received.

Antonyms for greeting

noun greeting

  • heedless — careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
  • ignorance — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
  • farewellCape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.
  • goodbye — a farewell.
  • neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.

adjective greeting

  • parting — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.

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