Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.

  2. (transitive)To arrive at or reach, or meet.

  3. (transitive)To accost; to address.

    begrüßen, grüßen

    приве́тствоватьprivétstvovatʹ, здоро́ватьсяzdoróvatʹsja, встреча́тьvstrečátʹ

    віта́тиvitáty, здоро́ватисяzdoróvatysja, зустріча́тиzustričáty

  4. (figuratively, transitive)To be perceived by (someone).

    A brilliant dawn greeted her eyes as she looked out of the window.

    be perceived by

  5. (Northern England, Scotland)To weep; to cry.

  6. (archaic, intransitive)To meet and give salutations.

Examples

391 sentences
  1. He greeted me with a smile.

    Він привітав мене посмішкою. — deniko

    ruОн поприветствовал меня улыбкой. — Biga

    deEr begrüßte mich mit einem Lächeln. — xtofu80

  2. She greeted us with a smile.

    Вона привітала нас, посміхаючися. — deniko

    ruОна с улыбкой поприветствовала нас. — V_Zmoova

    deSie begrüßte uns mit einem Lächeln. — xtofu80

  3. Tom greeted Mary with a smile.

    Том привітав Мері з посмішкою. — mutternoise

    ruТом поприветствовал Мэри улыбкой. — corvard

    deTom begrüßte Maria lächelnd. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom greeted us with a smile.

    Том привітав нас посмішкою. — deniko

  5. The actress greeted her fans from the stage.

    Актриса привітала своїх прихильників зі сцени. — deniko

    ruАктриса поприветствовала своих поклонников со сцены. — Hellerick

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes:
Русский
By meaning 1
to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to address with salutations or expressions of kind wishes:

Origin

From Middle English greten, from Old English grētan, from Proto-West Germanic *grōtijan, f

From Middle English greten, from Old English grētan, from Proto-West Germanic *grōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną.

From a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan, grǣtan (itself from Proto-West Germanic *grātan); and of Old English grēotan (itself from *greutan), both meaning "to weep, lament".

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Forms

greets, greeting, greeted, greeted
Base formgreet · to greet
3rd person singulargreets
Present participlegreeting
Past simplegreeted / grat / grutten
Past participlegreeted / grat / grutten

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygreet
he, she, itgreets

Past simpleLesson

all personsgreeted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave greeted
he, she, ithas greeted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill greet

Synonyms

13 synonyms

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
greet — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto