greet

🇺🇸 /ɡriːt/ 🇬🇧 /ɡriːt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B1
verb
A2

to say hello or welcome someone

I always greet my neighbors when I see them.

R

to react to something in a certain way

People often greet new ideas with doubt at first.

R

to be the first thing you see, hear, or smell

A lovely smell will greet you when you enter the bakery.

translation

v. to say hello or welcome someone; to react to something in a certain way; to be the first thing you see, hear, or smell

Word Forms

3rd Present greets
Past greeted
Perfect greeted
Progressive greeting