Definitions for greeting
ˈgri tɪŋgreet·ing

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. greeting, salutation(noun)

   (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)

Wiktionary(3.60 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. greeting(Noun)

   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.

Webster Dictionary(2.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Greeting

   of Greet

2. Greeting(noun)

   expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent

Freebase(2.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.

How to pronounce greeting?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say greeting in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of greeting in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of greeting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of greeting in a Sentence

1. Mr vybs live:

   Kumanyoko used to be a bad word but now its a kind of greeting I embrace. Iwe kumanyoko nogambaki

2. Oliver Wendell Holmes:

   There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.

3. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   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.

4. Maya Angelou:

   A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.

5. Emily McDowell:

   When you get sick or lose someone, your identity by default becomes' sick person' or' someone who lost someone,' in many, many ways, you are the same person you were before your diagnosis or before this thing happened. Read MoreYou still appreciate humor, you are still a whole person. There wasn't really anything in greeting card world that allowed for that.

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