greeting

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/

Noun

greeting

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.

Related terms

• greet

Translations

• French: salutation, salut
• German: Gruß, Begrüßung
• Italian: saluto, benvenuto
• Portuguese: saudação
• Russian: приве́тствие
• Spanish: saludo

Verb

1. present participle of greet#English|greet

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