greet

verb

1. (transitive)To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.

   “My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.”

   “Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.”

2. (transitive)To arrive at or reach, or meet.

   “In vain the Spring my Senſes greets / In all her Colours, all her Svveets; / To me the Roſe / No longer glovvs, / Every Plant / Has loſt its Scent: […]”

   “Way deep in left field, where the carpet of green sloped upward to a terrace and greeted the thick line of trees, he reached out his glove.”

3. (transitive)To accost; to address.

   “Fair on his feet the polish'd sandals shine, And thus he greets the master of the swine:”

   “I can be active as long as I stay in the closet. If I go forth as who I am, I will be greeted with closed doors.”

4. (archaic, intransitive)To meet and give salutations.

   “There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.”

5. (figuratively, transitive)To be perceived by (someone).

   “A brilliant dawn greeted her eyes as she looked out of the window.”

   “Muggy heat—temperature in the 90s and high humidity—greeted early arrivals for the 72-hole, three-day test, rated the hardest and most important in the sport.”

   “The first thing that greets you on entering the church is a notice asking you not to vex the goat, since it renders valuable service in keeping the churchyard tidy.”

   “From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.”

6. (Northern-England, Scotland)To weep; to cry.

   “And damn't! if he didn't take down her bit things and scone her so sore she grat like a bairn [...].”

   “My maw went potty and started greeting.”

adj

1. Great.

noun

1. (obsolete, uncountable)Mourning, weeping, lamentation.

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A surname.
2. (countable, uncountable)A village in Winchcombe parish, Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0229).
3. (countable, uncountable)A hamlet in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9255)
4. (countable, uncountable)A suburb in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1084).
5. (countable, uncountable)A minor river in Nottinghamshire, England, which joins the River Trent at Fiskerton (Notts.).