Meaning of Greeting | Babel Free
ˈɡɹiːtɪŋDefinitions
- Hail.
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A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence. countable, uncountable
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The action of the verb to greet. uncountable
- Social formula of beginning of a conversation.
- It saves.
Equivalents
Беларуская
прывіта́нне
Български
по́здрав
বাংলা
সালাম
Čeština
pozdrav
Cymraeg
cyfarchiad
Dansk
hilsen
Ελληνικά
χαιρετισμός
Esperanto
saluto
Eesti
tervitus
Suomi
tervehdys
Gàidhlig
fàilte
हिन्दी
अभिवादन
Հայերեն
բարև
Íslenska
kveðja
日本語
挨拶
ქართული
მისალმება
Қазақша
сәлемдесу
한국어
인사
Latina
salutatio
Lëtzebuergesch
Begréissung
Latviešu
sveiciens
Te Reo Māori
manawa
Монгол
мэндчилгээ
Bahasa Melayu
ucapan
Português
saudação
Русский
приветствие
Slovenščina
pozdrav
Shqip
përshëndetje
Kiswahili
salamu
Тоҷикӣ
салом
ไทย
การทักทาย
Tiếng Việt
lời chào
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.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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