tr.v., greet·ed, greet·ing, greets.

1. To salute or welcome in a friendly and respectful way with speech or writing, as upon meeting or in opening a letter.
2. To receive with a specified reaction: greet a joke with laughter.
3. To be perceived by: A din greeted our ears.

[Middle English greten, from Old English grētan.]

greeter greet'er n.

verb

1. To address in a friendly and respectful way: hail², salute, welcome. See greeting.
2. To approach for the purpose of speech: accost, hail², salute. See approach/retreat, greeting, seek/avoid.
3. To present with a specified reaction: meet¹, react, respond. See feelings, greeting.

v

Definition: welcome
Antonyms: say farewell, say goodbye

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IN BRIEF: v. - React to in a certain way; To address with expressions of kind wishes; Be perceived by; To meet; To salute.

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - hilse på, møde

2.
v. intr. - græde, sørge

Nederlands (Dutch)
(be)groeten, weeklagen, opgemerkt worden

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - saluer (une décision), accueillir (qn), saluer (qn), provoquer (l'outrage), être salué par, parvenir à (une odeur), s'offrir à (une scène)

2.
v. intr. - pleurer

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - begrüßen, grüßen, empfangen

2.
v. - weinen, beklagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - χαιρετώ, χαιρετίζω, υποδέχομαι
n. - χαιρετισμός, χαιρέτισμα

Italiano (Italian)
salutare, accogliere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - saudar, receber, ir ao encontro de
n. - choro (m) (arc.), lamentação (f) (arc.)

Русский (Russian)
приветствовать кого-л. или что-л., здороваться, встречать, плакать, печалиться

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - saludar, recibir, dar la bienvenida

2.
v. intr. - llorar, penar, sollozar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - hälsa, välkomna, möta (om syn, ljud, lukt), gråta (skotsk.)
n. - hälsning, välkomnande

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
致敬, 映入眼帘, 欢迎

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 致敬, 映入眼簾, 歡迎

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 인사하다, 맞이하다, 눈에 띄다

2.
v. intr. - 울다, 소리치다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 挨拶する, 迎える, 挨拶状を送る, 触れる, 嘆く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يرحب, يحيي (الاسم) تحيه, ترحاب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮קידם פניו, בירך, קיבל את פני‬
v. intr. - ‮בכה, התייפח‬

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