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greet

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The meaning (definition) of the word greet

to say hello and welcome someone

The word greet used in a sentence

My grandma will greet me at the door with a big hug.

Words that mean the same as greet (synonyms)

welcomehello

How the word greet is said around the world

Frenchsaluer (sahleway)
Spanishsaludar (sahloothahr)
Mandarin迎接 (yíng jiē)
Hindiअभिवादन करना (ubivahduhn kurnah)
Arabicتحية (taheeyah)
Russianприветствовать (privetstvovat')
Portuguese (EU)saudar (sowdahr)
Portuguese (BR)saudar (sowdahr)
Japanese挨拶する (aisatsu suru)
Germanbegrüßen (buhgrewsuhn)
Urduسلام (suhlahm)
Punjabiਸਵਾਗਤ ਕਰਨਾ (suhvahguht kuruhnah)
Korean환영하다 (hwanyeonghada)
Hebrewלְבָרֵך (lvahraykh)
Greekχαιρετώ (khaireto)
Dutchbegroeten (buhghrootuhn)
Tagalogbatiin (bahteen)
Vietnamesechào hỏi (chow hawy)
Turkishselamlaşmak (saylahmlahshmahk)
Persianسلام کردن (sahlahm kahrdahn)
Polishpowitać (pawveetahch)
Ukrainianвітати (vitaty)
Bengaliঅভিবাদন (ohbeebahdawn)
Swedishhälsa (helsah)
Italiansalutare (sahluutahray)

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