greetings
Syllables: greet·ings/ˈɡɹiːtɪŋz/
greetings is the plural of greeting.
Meaning of greeting
Noun
greeting (countable and uncountable, plural greetings)
- 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.
- The action of the verb to greet.
- I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
Interjection
- Hello.
- Greetings and salutations. You a Heather?1989, Daniel Waters, 11:50 from the start, in Michael Lehmann, director, Heathers, spoken by Jason Dean (Christian Slater)
Phrases with greetings
Questions about greetings
- What does greetings mean?
- Greetings means hello.
- What is greetings the plural of?
- Greetings is the plural of greeting.
- What part of speech is greetings?
- Greetings is an interjection.
- How do you pronounce greetings?
- Greetings is pronounced /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋz/.
Words near greetings in the dictionary
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