GREET
What does "GREET" mean?
To welcome or acknowledge someone with words or gestures when meeting them.
Meanings
- To address or welcome someone politely on meeting. She greeted each guest at the door by name.
- To receive or react to something in a specified way. His proposal was greeted with silence.
- To present itself to a sense, especially sight or sound. A wall of heat greeted us as we stepped off the plane. figurative
Word origin
From Old English 'grētan' meaning to approach, address, or accost; from Proto-Germanic '*grōtijaną' — the warmer welcoming sense developed over time.
Remember it
GREET has two E's wide open — like two waving hands meeting in the middle.
A little poem
Door swings, the name lands soft as snow on coat-
a small word holds the whole warm house afloat.
couplet
Wordplay
- What did the doormat say to every visitor? 'I won't lie — I always greet people with a welcome.'
What it teaches
How you greet a person tells them who they are to you before a single sentence does.
Quick facts
What does GREET mean?
To welcome or acknowledge someone with words or gestures when meeting them.
Is GREET a valid word?
Yes — GREET is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GREET?
GREET has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does GREET come from?
From Old English 'grētan' meaning to approach, address, or accost; from Proto-Germanic '*grōtijaną' — the warmer welcoming sense developed over time.
What can GREET teach us?
How you greet a person tells them who they are to you before a single sentence does.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.