Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
greet .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word greeted.
Examples
-
Palin greeted supporters at an event in Wasila, Alaska Friday as she winds down her tenure as governor.
-
Sigmund and the men on the bearskin greeted her as "Sipsu," with the customary "Hello," but Hitchcock made room on the sled that she might sit beside him.
-
"The uncomfortable silence [in England] with which David Lynch's Inland Empire has been greeted is really rather telling about current expectations of cinema," writes Owen Hatherley.
-
Saddam Hussein greeted me with a handshake, which, again to my surprise, is surprisingly soft considering how many people that hand had dispatched, allegedly.
-
Nevin greeted the Giants 'closer by launching a 3-2 offering over the left field wall for his eighth homer of the season.
USATODAY.com 2005
-
Jose Offerman chased starter Mark Mulder with a leadoff triple before John Valentin greeted Jim Mecir with an RBI single to center.
-
In two clever bows Miss Ram without a word greeted George; indicated a chair.
-
Sigmund and the men on the bearskin greeted her as
-
Yet a sweeter song was never heard on a summer eve, than that with which the Robin greeted that early day, the Christmas morning of the year.
Parables From Nature 1857
-
I am greeted by a lone man shivering in a corner, though perhaps the word greeted is too strong.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.