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Definitions for greeting
ˈgri tɪŋgreet·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word greeting.
Princeton's WordNet
greeting, salutationnoun
(usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
Wiktionary
greetingnoun
A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Greetingnoun
Salutation at meeting, or compliments at a distance.
Etymology: from greet.
I from him
Give you all greetings, that a king, as friend,
Can send his brother. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.
Webster Dictionary
Greeting
of Greet
Greetingnoun
expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent
Freebase
Greeting
Greeting is an act of communication in which human beings intentionally make their presence known to each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with each other. While greeting customs are highly culture- and situation-specific and may change within a culture depending on social status and relationship, they exist in all known human cultures. Greetings can be expressed both audibly and physically, and often involve a combination of the two. This topic excludes military and ceremonial salutes but includes rituals other than gestures. A greeting can also be expressed in written communications, such as letters and emails. Greetings are often, but not always, used just prior to a conversation. Some epochs and cultures have had very elaborate greeting rituals, e.g., greeting of a king. Secret societies have clandestine greeting rituals that allow members to recognize common membership.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of greeting in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of greeting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of greeting in a Sentence
Who could quarrel with Clark Gable? We got on well. Whenever anyone on the set was tired or depressed, it was Gable who cheered that person up. Then the newspapers began printing the story that Gable and I were not getting on. This was so ridiculous it served only as a joke. From the time on the standard greeting between Clark and myself became, 'How are you not getting on today?
There wasn't anything (important) in it. It was a greeting, why can't we send a greeting, to any country? Moreover to the Americans. Our people always liked Americans, no matter what political events were going on.
When the jamaican rastaman meets you-puts his hand on his chest, bows and says-respect- this is a dignified greeting- he extends to you even without knowing you. He is showing you that he comes in peace, and love. It is then, for you to extend the same. This is civility and humanity.
Technology has been amazing, it really is a lifeline. Congregants use online platforms to link not only to morning services but to a supportive community that has grown more spiritual during the crisis, Cantor Benny Rogosnitzky said. After the lockdown, Cantor Benny Rogosnitzky said Cantor Benny Rogosnitzky envisions smaller, shorter gatherings, with barriers in the sanctuary and temperature-takers greeting worshipers.
Greeting indigenous Code Talkers in front of that portrait, knowing Andrew Jackson is responsible for the Trail of Tears, is disrespectful -- it's worse than that. It's appallingly out of touch, this isn't the first time he's attempted to slur Elizabeth Warren by calling her Pocahontas, who was a real person, and he diminished an entire demographic of native women to a single figure in history who's been largely fetishized and whose traumatic story has been whitewashed by the American narrative.
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- تحيةArabic
- pozdravCzech
- cyfarchiadWelsh
- hilsenDanish
- Begrüßung, GrußGerman
- χαιρετισμόςGreek
- salutoEsperanto
- saludoSpanish
- tervehdysFinnish
- heilsan, kvøða, heilsaFaroese
- salut, salutationFrench
- fàilteScottish Gaelic
- köszöntés, üdvözletHungarian
- բարևArmenian
- salutoIdo
- kveðjaIcelandic
- saluto, auguriItalian
- 挨拶, 挨Japanese
- 인사Korean
- BegréissungLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- waiohaMāori
- begroeting, groetDutch
- helsingNorwegian Nynorsk
- hilsenNorwegian
- Powitanie, pozdrowieniePolish
- saudaçãoPortuguese
- SalutRomanian
- приветствиеRussian
- pozdravSlovak
- pozdravSlovene
- të fala!Albanian
- hälsningar, hälsningSwedish
- salamuSwahili
- selamlamaTurkish
- glidVolapük
- 歡迎Chinese
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