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How to pronounce greeting in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms salutation
Type of acknowledgment, acknowledgement
Has types compliments, good afternoon, good morning, hail, hello, hi, how-do-you-do, howdy, hullo, kiss of peace, military greeting, morning, pax, reception, regard, response, salute, visiting card, welcome, well-wishing, wish, afternoon, calling card, card
Derivation greet

Examples of greeting

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Still, the greeting-card industry isn't touching the office-spouse relationship.
From the online.wsj.com
Considering ditching the greeting card catalog and writing a nice check instead.
From the forbes.com
Webster staff members will be on hand busing tables and greeting family members.
From the desmoinesregister.com
The Vegas trip and the greeting were a first chance to gauge civilian sentiment.
From the latimes.com
Rummaging through the stacks, she rejected one greeting-card box after the next.
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Judging from Yilan's chilly greeting at the airport, this isn't a welcome visit.
From the ocregister.com
The greeting from demonstrators in the streets of Pittsburgh was very different.
From the voanews.com
The system automatically transferred callers to an attendant after the greeting.
From the toledoblade.com
Owner Bob Wentworth moves through the narrow, funky restaurant greeting patrons.
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More examples
  • (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)
  • (greet) express greetings upon meeting someone
  • (greet) react to in a certain way; "The President was greeted with catcalls"
  • (greet) be perceived by; "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"
  • Greeting is an act of communication in which human beings (as well as other members of the animal kingdom) intentionally make their presence known to each other, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact ...
  • Greeting is the first album by Japanese pop singer Nami Tamaki. The album was released in Japan by Sony Music Japan, then re-released in America by Tofu Records.
  • The Greeting is a 1978 live album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner, his thirteenth release on the Milestone label. ...
  • (Greetings (2004 film)) Greetings is a 2004 Malayalam film by Shajoon Karyal starring Jayasurya and Kavya Madhavan.
  • (Greetings (film)) Greetings is a 1968 film directed by Brian De Palma. The film, which featured a young Robert De Niro in his first major role, is a satirical film about men avoiding the Vietnam War draft.