greeted; greeting; greets
1
: to address with expression of kind wishes upon meeting or arrival
greeted guests at the door
2
a
: to meet or react to in a specified manner
greeted him with boos
b
: to occur as a response to
apathy greeted the plan
3
: to appear to the perception of
a surprising sight greeted her eyes
greeter
noun
Examples of greet in a Sentence
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
And, judging by the enthusiastic response that greeted the film at both the premiere and simultaneous press screening, the festival’s first big breakout hit.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2024
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Verb
International resistance was greeting President Lyndon B. Johnson’s expansion of U.S. military presence in Indochina, which chipped away at global sympathy in the wake of the Kennedy assassination.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
And, judging by the enthusiastic response that greeted the film at both the premiere and simultaneous press screening, the festival’s first big breakout hit.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for greet
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“Greet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greet. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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