Meaning

1 senses

  1. To greet (someone) with "hello".

Examples

619 sentences

  1. Please say hello to your wife.

    Будь ласка, передай привіт дружині. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, передайте привет вашей жене. — Hellerick

    deGrüßen Sie Ihre Frau! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I just wanted to say hello.

    Я просто хотів привітатися. — deniko

    ruЯ просто хотел поздороваться. — Olya

    deIch wollte nur mal hallo sagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Please say hello to him for me.

    Передавай йому від мене привіт. — deniko

    ruПередай ему от меня привет, пожалуйста. — marafon

    deBitte grüße ihn von mir. — BraveSentry

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  4. I want to say hello to Tom.

    Я хочу привітатися з Томом. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу поздороваться с Томом. — marafon

    deIch möchte Tom Hallo sagen. — Felixjp

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  5. When you see Tom, tell him I said hello.

    Коли побачиш Тома, передай від мене привіт. — lingvokrolik

    ruУвидишь Тома - передавай от меня привет. — marafon

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Origin

First attested in 1826. From holla, hollo (attested 1588). This variant of hallo is often

First attested in 1826. From holla, hollo (attested 1588). This variant of hallo is often credited to Thomas Edison as a coinage for telephone use, but its appearance in print predates the invention of the telephone by several decades.

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Forms

hellos, helloing, helloed, helloed
Base formhello · to hello
3rd person singularhellos
Present participlehelloing
Past simplehelloed
Past participlehelloed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhello
he, she, ithellos

Past simpleLesson

all personshelloed

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hello

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

9 patterns
  • say hello
  • say hello to
  • to say hello
  • said said hello
  • please say hello
  • and say hello
  • hello to your
  • said hello to
  • said hello

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hellfirehellishhelmC2helmetB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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