Definitions for greet
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. greet, recognize, recogniseverb

   express greetings upon meeting someone

2. greetverb

   send greetings to

3. greetverb

   react to in a certain way

   "The President was greeted with catcalls"

4. greetverb

   be perceived by

   "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. greetnoun

   Mourning, weeping, lamentation.

2. greetverb

   To weep; to cry.

3. greetadjective

   Great.

4. Etymology: gretan, from grōtijanan. Cognate with Dutch groeten, German grüßen. Compare Old Saxon grotian, Old Frisian greta, Old High German gruozen. Cognate to Albanian grish.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To GREETverb

   Etymology: grator, Latin; gretan, Saxon.

   1. To address at meeting.

   I think if men, which in these places live,
   Durst look in themselves, and themselves retrieve,
   They would like strangers greet themselves. John Donne.

   I would gladly go,
   To greet my Pallas with such news below. John Dryden, Æn.

   2. To address in whatever manner.

   My noble partner
   You greet with present grace, and great prediction;
   To me you speak not. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Now, Thomas Mowbray, do I turn to thee,
   And mark my greeting well; for what I speak,
   My body shall make good. William Shakespeare, Richard II.

   3. To salute in kindness or respect.

   My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.
   —— God bless your grace with health and happy days. William Shakespeare.

   Now the herald lark
   Left his ground nest, high tow’ring to descry
   The morn’s approach, and greet her with his song. John Milton.

   Once had the early matrons run
   To greet her of a lovely son. John Milton.

   The sea’s our own; and now all nations greet,
   With bending sails, each vessel of our fleet. Edmund Waller.

   Thus pale they meet, their eyes with fury burn:
   None greets; for none the greeting will return;
   But in dumb surliness, each arm’d with care,
   His foe profest, as brother of the war. John Dryden, Fables.

   4. To congratulate.

   His lady, seeing all that channel from far,
   Approacht in haste to greet his victorie. Fairy Queen, b. i.

   5. To pay compliments at a distance.

   The king’s a-bed,
   And sent great largess to your officers;
   This diamond he greets your wife withal,
   By the name of most kind hostess. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   6. To meet, as those do who go to pay congratulations. Not much in use.

   Your haste
   Is now urg’d on you.
   ———— We will greet the time. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Such was that face on which I dwelt with joy,
   Ere Greece assembled stem’d the tides to Troy;
   But parting then for that detested shore,
   Our eyes, unhappy! never greeted more. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

2. To Greetverb

   To meet and salute.

   There greet in silence, as the dead are wont,
   And sleep in peace. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. greet

   To greet means to acknowledge or address someone with an expression, gesture, or words of welcome, solidarity, or recognition whenever an encounter occurs. It is often considered a polite or friendly way of showing respect, interest, or initiating communication during social interactions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Greetadjective

   great

2. Greetverb

   to weep; to cry; to lament

3. Greetnoun

   mourning

4. Greetverb

   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

5. Greetverb

   to come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad

6. Greetverb

   to accost; to address

7. Greetverb

   to meet and give salutations

8. Greetnoun

   greeting

9. Etymology: [OE. greten, AS. grtan, grtan; akin to Icel. grta, Sw. grta, Dan. grde, Goth. grctan; cf. Skr. hrd to sound, roar. 50.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Greet

   grēt, v.t. to salute or address with kind wishes: to send kind wishes to: to congratulate.—v.i. to meet and salute:—pr.p. greet′ing; pa.p. greet′ed.—n. Greet′ing, expression of kindness or joy: salutation. [A.S. grétan, to go to meet; Dut. groeten, Ger. grüssen, to salute.]

2. Greet

   grēt, v.i. (Spens.) to cry, weep.—adj. Greet′ing, mournful.—n. weeping. [A.S. grǽtan; Goth. gretan.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. greet

   To receive with respect and friendship

   They always greet each other and we can see the respect and friendship.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GREET

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Greet is ranked #118185 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Greet surname appeared 147 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Greet.
   
   91.1% or 134 total occurrences were White.
   5.4% or 8 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Communicate
   • React

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'greet' in Verbs Frequency: #682

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for greet »

1. egret

2. reget

How to pronounce greet?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say greet in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of greet in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of greet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of greet in a Sentence

1. Ned Price:

   We’re also working, we have worked, with a diaspora population, knowing that there is a very active and engaged Nicaraguan diaspora population here in the United States who we imagine and are confident will be here to greet these individuals and to welcome them to the United States.

2. Associated Press:

   I wanted to just to go here to try and meet them and greet them, try to help them because I speak Ukrainian.

3. Matt Youngquist:

   Especially for introverts, it gives you something to do, you can greet people when they come in. You will get far more mileage networking if you are involved in the planning.

4. William H Gass:

   We have scarcely gotten home ... when our children's sneezes greet us, skinned knees bleed after waiting all day to do so. There is the bellyache and the burned-out basement bulb, the stalled car and the incontinent cat. The windows frost, the toilets sweat, the body of our spouse is one cold shoulder and the darkness of our bedroom is soon full of the fallen shadows of our failures.

5. Pope Francis on Wednesday:

   In a special way I wish to greet the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped below ground for seventy days, i think one of them could share with us what the meaning of hope really is. Thank you for having hope in God.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=greet
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Greet
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=greet
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greet
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=greet
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=greet