Usually means: Expression of recognition and welcome.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word greeting:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. greeting: Merriam-Webster
  2. greeting: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. greeting: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. greeting: Collins English Dictionary
  5. greeting: Vocabulary.com
  6. Greeting, greeting: Wordnik
  7. greeting: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. greeting: Wiktionary
  9. greeting: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. greeting: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. greeting: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Greeting, greeting: Dictionary.com
  13. greeting: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Greeting (album), Greeting (disambiguation), Greeting, The Greeting: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Greeting: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. greeting: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. greeting: Rhymezone
  18. greeting: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. greeting: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. greeting: FreeDictionary.org
  21. greeting: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. greeting: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. greeting: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. greeting: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. greeting: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. greeting: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) The action of the verb to greet.

Similar:
salutation, welcoming, salutatory address, reception, salutatory, regards, welcome mat, accolade, velcome, handshaking, more...

Opposite:
farewell, goodbye, departure, leave-taking, parting

Types:
hello, hi, hey, howdy, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good night, goodbye, farewell, more...

Phrases:
greeting cards, greeting card, military greeting, Dickson Greeting, Thai greeting, more...

Adjectives:
friendly, cordial, warm, first, usual, formal, traditional, hearty, cheerful, affectionate, pleasant

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Similar:
salutation, welcoming, salutatory address, reception, salutatory, regards, welcome mat, accolade, velcome, handshaking, more...

Opposite:
farewell, goodbye, departure, leave-taking, parting

Types:
hello, hi, hey, howdy, good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good night, goodbye, farewell, more...

Phrases:
greeting cards, greeting card, military greeting, Dickson Greeting, Thai greeting, All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend, Paschal greeting, The Greeting Committee, cheery greeting, jaunty greeting, more...

Adjectives:
friendly, cordial, warm, first, usual, formal, traditional, hearty, cheerful, affectionate, pleasant

Colors:
    blue,     green,     yellow,     pink,     lavender, more...



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