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greet

/ɡriːt/

/ɡrit/

greetverb

greeted

Past Simple

greeted

Past Participle

greeting

Gerund

/ɡriːt/

/ɡrit/

Translations

здороваться

He always greets his neighbors with a smile.

Он всегда здоровается с соседями с улыбкой.

приветствовать

She went to greet her guests at the door.

Она пошла приветствовать своих гостей у двери.

Additional translations

поприветствовать

Definitions

To address someone with expressions of kind wishes or recognition upon meeting or arrival.

She greeted her guests with a warm smile as they entered the room.

To receive or acknowledge someone or something in a specified way.

The news was greeted with cheers from the crowd.

To meet the senses upon first encounter; to be the first thing noticed by someone.

A strong smell of coffee greeted him when he opened the kitchen door.

To cry or weep, especially in Scottish or Northern English usage.

Stop your greetin' now, laddie; everything will be all right.

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greetnoun

greets

/ɡriːt/

/ɡrit/

Chiefly Scots; rare in modern standard English, meaning 'a cry or act of weeping'.

Definitions

A cry or act of weeping; lamentation.

There was a great greet from the bairn when her toy broke.

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