Greeting

Definitions

1. Hail.
2. A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
   countable, uncountable
3. The action of the verb to greet.
   uncountable
4. Social formula of beginning of a conversation.
5. It saves.

Equivalents

Examples

“It's polite to begin⟳ a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.”

“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.”

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