(v. t.) To address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes; to salute; to hail; to welcome; to accost with friendship; to pay respects or compliments to, either personally or through the intervention of another, or by writing or token.
(v. t.) To come upon, or meet, as with something that makes the heart glad.
(v. t.) To accost; to address.
(v. i.) To meet and give salutations.
(n.) Greeting.
Example Sentences:
(1) Some parents are blessed with a soul that lights up every time their little precious brings them a carefully crafted portrait or home-made greetings card.
(2) Governor General Quentin Bryce, the monarch's representative in Australia and the first woman to fill the role, had greeted the Queen by curtsying.
(3) Here's Rob Booth talking to me from there: Updated at 6.31pm BST 6.14pm BST Disappointment at the Ecuadorian embassy Outside the Ecuador embassy in Knightsbridge a handful of Assange supporters greeted the decision with disappointment.
(4) He was greeted in Kyoto by Abe, with the men dispensing with the formal handshake that starts most head of governments' greetings in favour of a full body hug.
(5) When the plane bringing his friend in touched down, they were greeted with a recorded welcome from the Queen telling them that they had now arrived in a safe country.
(6) This was greeted by a furious wall of sound from Labour, which only grew when he added: "The last government failed to prioritise compassionate care … they tried to shut down the whistleblowers …" It was pure party-political point-scoring, matched in spades by Labour's Andy Burnham.
(7) China greeted the announcement of Liu Xiaobo’s win with fury: a foreign ministry spokeswoman, Jiang Yu, attacked the event as a “political farce”.
(8) The sugar tax was greeted with hostility by the industry and Wright argues that the levy, introduced by the chancellor in the budget , will be undermined by flawed analysis of its impact.
(9) As a non-executive director of the football club, it is understood he was largely "meeting and greeting" opposing clubs' directors on matchdays, but he was consulted on financial issues, the appointment of managers and major signings.
(10) The same-sex marriage bill became law, greeted with delight by the gay community and suspicious resentment by many Tories.
(11) The ghastliness of this American shock jock, who, though still obscure to most Britons, is said to be the third most popular radio host in the States, perhaps explains why news of his continued exclusion from the UK was greeted last week with utter indifference.
(12) Someone you haven't seen for a while greets you with a surprised cry of "You look well!".
(13) In any village in South Kivu, his arrival is much like the arrival of the pope – throngs of people greet him, thousands of women whose lives he has saved or healed or touched celebrate him.
(14) Popular magazines, greeting cards, and cartoons weave themes about time into the fabric of other messages.
(15) After that the new pope will be brought out to greet the crowd.
(16) Louis Pasteur's vaccine against rabies, introduced 100 years ago, was greeted by the American medical community with a mixture of praise and skepticism.
(17) They were the same two men who greeted Abu Ali as he crawled through a hole in the border fence to freedom on the night of 25 May 2015, just over four months after he had entered Isis territory.
(18) Yet he never revealed the open resentment with which some of the Kennedy loyalists greeted Johnson.
(19) Shortly afterwards normal service was very briefly resumed when, with Cardiff overcommitted to attack, a customary roar greeted Newcastle's third goal, a header from the popular, Geordie-reared substitute Steven Taylor.
(20) Once through the door, Romney will be greeted warmly by Cameron.
Greeter
Definition:
(n.) One who greets or salutes another.
(n.) One who weeps or mourns.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the defined conditions the yield is greeter than 80%.
(2) For details of Marseille greeters see marseilleprovencegreeters.com
(3) "Maybe we can be greeters at Walmart," Gilligan said.
(4) We thought we were meeting Eva, tourist "greeter" and founder of artists' network Les Femmes du Panier, at Marseille's town hall at 3.30pm.
(5) That is why it is so important for there to be "greeters" outside the courthouse: every smile of support in this brief instant is worth its weight in gold.
(6) All that is required of any foreign personage is to speed along the line of greeters, murmuring: "Jolly good show – carry on."
(7) There’s no reception desk, just an iPad-wielding greeter in a space decked out with baby grand piano, repurposed theatre seats, vintage spotlights and gramophone horn light fittings.
(8) Applicants for the benefit will be met by "meeters and greeters, buddies if you like, to ensure that people aren't overly anxious as they wait for their assessment", Duckworth says.
(9) 11.23am BST Our retail correspondent Zoe Wood flags up that M&S shareholders are not happy about having to drudge to the home of football ( they often flock the Royal Festival Hall on South Ban k) Zoe Wood (@zoewoodguardian) Oh dear M&S shareholders already grumpy about the hike up to Wembley with greeters getting an ear bashing.
(10) Outside once more, I dropped in on the nearby Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), and met Downtown greeters with straw hats and purple polo shirts, in place to give tourists free advice.
(11) Disabled workers and those hurt on the job had an easier time getting modified duty like working as a greeter seated on a stool, advocates such as A Better Balance said.