Greeting

Noun

 * 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.

Verb
greeting



Verbs for Greeting
accost with—; address—to; approach with —; embrace in—; evoke—; exchange—s; express—; ignore—; meet with—; nod—; return—; salute with—; shun—; —arouses; —surprises; —welcomes.

Thesaurus
Parthian shot, accost, address, affirmation, allegation, answer, apostrophe, assertion, averment, best wishes, bob, bow, card, comment, compliments, crack, curtsy, declaration, devoirs, dictum, embrace, exclamation, expression, good wishes, greetings, hail, hand-clasp, handshake, hello, how-do-you-do, hug, interjection, kiss, mention, message, nod, note, observation, phrase, position, pronouncement, question, reception, reflection, regards, remark, respects, salutation, salute, say, saying, sentence, smile, smile of recognition, statement, subjoinder, thought, utterance, wave, welcome, word

Noun

 * Arabic: تحية
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 * Norwegian Nynorsk: helsing
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 * Russian: приветствие
 * Scottish Gaelic: fàilte
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 * Volapük: glid

Related terms

 * greet