Greeting

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -iːtɪŋ

Full definition of greeting

Noun

1. 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.
2. (uncountable) The action of the verb to greet.
• 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 2, 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.

Related terms

• greet

Verb

1. Present participle of greet