greeting.
A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
Meaning & usage
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.
Thank you to everyone who sent me birthday greetings.
The action of the verb to greet.
Where this word comes from
By surface analysis, greet + -ing.
present participle and gerund of greet
Where this word comes from
By surface analysis, greet + -ing.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.