greeting

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English

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, greet +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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greeting (countable and uncountable, plural greetings)

  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.
  2. (uncountable) The action of the verb to greet.

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Verb

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greeting

  1. present participle and gerund of greet