Definitions for HIhaɪ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

hihaɪ(interj.)

  1. (used as a greeting.)

Origin of hi:

1425–75; late ME hy

hihaɪ(adj.)

  1. an informal, simplified spelling of high :

    hi fidelity.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

HI

  1. Hawaii.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. hello, hullo, hi, howdy, how-do-you-do(noun)

    an expression of greeting

    "every morning they exchanged polite hellos"

  2. Hawaii, Hawai'i, Aloha State, HI(noun)

    a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. hi(interjection)ɪ

    used to greet sb

    Hi Kylie!; Hi, how are you?

Wiktionary

  1. hi(Adjective)

    , often hyphenated.

  2. hi(Interjection)

    A friendly, informal, casual greeting said when meeting someone.

  3. Origin: : American English (first recorded reference is to speech of a Kansas Indian), originally to attract attention, probably a variant of Middle English hy, hey (circa 1475) also an exclamation to call attention.


Translations for HI

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

hi(interjection)

a word of greeting

Hi! How are you?

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