greet

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɹiːt/ Rhymes: -iːt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English greten, from Old English grētan, from Proto-West Germanic *grōtijan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną. ==== Verb ==== greet (third-person singular simple present greets, present participle greeting, simple past and past participle greeted) (transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing. Synonym: hail (transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet. (transitive) To accost; to address. (intransitive, archaic) To meet and give salutations. (transitive, figurative) To be perceived by (someone). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English greet, grete (“great”). ==== Adjective ==== greet (comparative more greet, superlative most greet) (obsolete outside Scotland) Great. === Etymology 3 === From a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan, grǣtan (itself from Proto-West Germanic *grātan); and of Old English grēotan (itself from *greutan), both meaning "to weep, lament". Possibly reinforced in Northern England and Scotland by Old Norse gráta, whence also Danish græde, Norwegian gråte, Swedish gråta, all meaning "to cry, to weep". ==== Verb ==== greet (third-person singular simple present greets, present participle greeting, simple past and past participle greeted or grat or grutten) (Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:weep ===== Related terms ===== regret ==== Noun ==== greet (uncountable) (obsolete) Mourning, weeping, lamentation. ==== Further reading ==== Frank Graham, editor (1987), “GREET”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN. Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4 “greet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Geter, egret, reget == Middle English == === Adjective === greet alternative form of grete == Scots == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡrit/ === Etymology 1 === From a blend of two Old English verbs, grētan (cognate with Swedish gråta', Danish græde) and grēotan (of uncertain ultimate origin), both ‘weep, lament’. ==== Verb ==== greet (third-person singular simple present greets, present participle greetin, simple past grat or grettit, past participle grutten) to weep, lament ==== Noun ==== greet (uncountable) cry, lamentation === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== greet (comparative greeter, superlative greetest) alternative form of great