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meet-and-greet

meet-and-greet noun: a social gathering primarily for purposes of networking.

Noun

meet-and-greet (plural meet-and-greets)

  1. A social gathering primarily for purposes of networking.
  2. A method of contact between a service provider, such as a hotel collection service, or car hire provider, and the arriving client at an airport or railway station, usually involving the display of a board with the client's name written on it.
  3. An event where fans can meet and greet an idol.

Forms of meet-and-greet

pluralmeet-and-greets
alternative formmeet and greet

Origin of meet-and-greet

Deverbal from meet and greet.

Questions about meet-and-greet

What does meet-and-greet mean?
Meet-and-greet means a social gathering primarily for purposes of networking.
What part of speech is meet-and-greet?
Meet-and-greet is a noun.
What is the plural of meet-and-greet?
The plural of meet-and-greet is meet-and-greets.

Words near meet-and-greet in the dictionary

  1. meet one's Waterloo
  2. meet someone where they are
  3. meet the new boss, same as the old boss
  4. meet up
  5. meet with
  6. meet-and-greet
  7. meet-and-greets
  8. meet-cute
  9. meet-cutes
  10. meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-butteries
  11. meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery

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