as in to address
to acknowledge (someone) by means of spoken words
The host cheerfully greeted the party guests at the door.
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Watch on Deadline After they were greeted with trumpeters, Crystal and Ryan were seated on either side of the Princess of Wales.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2024
In this light The Favourite, a satire about an incompetent female ruler, is greeted very differently.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
Money doesn’t really like to be greeted that way either.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
Dublin, Ireland; Vilnius, Lithuania; and Lublin, Poland, arrived last week in the city's JFK Plaza, better known as LOVE Park for the Robert Indiana statue that greets visitors.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2024
In this light The Favourite, a satire about an incompetent female ruler, is greeted very differently.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
Money doesn’t really like to be greeted that way either.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2024
Dublin, Ireland; Vilnius, Lithuania; and Lublin, Poland, arrived last week in the city's JFK Plaza, better known as LOVE Park for the Robert Indiana statue that greets visitors.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Greet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greet. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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