greeting
SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- //ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ//
A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
Substantiv
- 1
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.
Send my greetings to your family.
- 2
The action of the verb to greet.
I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.
Herkunft
By surface analysis, greet + -ing.
Verb
- 1
Auch eine Form von greetpresent participle and gerund of greet
Formen
- Plural
- greetings
greeting · A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
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