greet

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /gri:t/

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Verb

Plain form greet

Third-person singular greets

Past tense greeted

Past participle greeted

Present participle greeting

1. (transitive) If you greet someone or something, you meet them and say, "hello" or welcome them somehow.

   The tour guide greeted us when we arrived at the airport.