greeting
/ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/ noun B1- 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.· Thank you to everyone who sent me birthday greetings.
- The action of the verb to greet.
Plural greetings
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“How is this?” asked Joe after the usual greetings.
The birches in the hollow waved joyful hands as if watching for Anne’s usual morning greeting from the east gable.
But it was destined that I should after all have a last word of greeting from my friend and comrade.
Pray give my greetings to Mrs.
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