English Explanatory Dictionary

greet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
  2. To arrive at or reach, or meet.
  3. To accost; to address.
  4. To meet and give salutations.
  5. To be perceived by (someone).
adj
  1. Great.
verb
  1. To weep; to cry.
noun
  1. Mourning, weeping, lamentation.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Winchcombe parish, Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0229).
  3. A hamlet in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9255)
  4. A suburb in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1084).
  5. A minor river in Nottinghamshire, England, which joins the River Trent at Fiskerton (Notts.).

Pronunciation

/ɡɹiːt/ en-us-greet.ogg

Word forms

greet greets greeting greeted more greet most greet grat grutten

Etymology

From Middle English greten, from Old English grētan, from Proto-West Germanic *grōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną.

Synonyms

hail beweep burst into tears cry cry one's eyes out greet shed a tear shed tears squirt some wail weep

Related words

regret

Derived words

autogreet begreet begrutten greetable greetee greeter greeting meet-and-greet misgreet regreet
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