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👋 To say hello 🤔 To react to 🌄 To appear first
to greet

to greet

30 1.8
The first thing you notice when you arrive somewhere
  • verb
  • /ɡrit/
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  • We arrived at the park pre-dawn and were greeted by a colorful sunrise.
  • greeted visitors
  • greeted the sun

You got some rusty kind of edge trim that greets you as you walk up.

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Examples

  • We are now in Broadstairs and the sun has come to greet us, which I'm very happy about.

  • As we crossed the threshold, a fresh breeze seemed to greet us with its cool touch.

  • But despite all that, when I got home, she was there to greet me.

    Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)

  • How are they supposed to greet the sun because they are what they are?

    Fiction book (1995)

  • But instead, we're greeted with this beautiful building, fresh fruit and coffee.

  • The sun was just coming up to greet the new day of October 27, 1896.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • In fact, he soon after moved to America, where his work was greeted more warmly.

  • What a morning where we were greeted by world famous geysers and countless bison.

  • As the sun rose over the Hundred Acre Wood, Pooh leapt out of bed and greeted the day with much enthusiasm.

    Winnie the Pooh (2011)

  • The 230-foot-long central keel, left, greets visitors along Lake Nemi's northern shore.

    Academic text (2002)

Synonyms

to meet
vsto greet
∞ 1.0

To go to a place to greet someone when they arrive

is the first thing a visitor notices on arrival rather than an active reception
to welcome
vsto greet
583 1.0

Greet someone in a friendly way when they arrive

is noticed first on arrival without implying friendliness or warmth

Antonyms

to miss
281 1.1

To not experience something bad that others have

to overlook
243 2.9

To not notice someone or something you should see

Phrasal Verbs

to greet someone warmly
2 1.8

Welcome someone with warm words and a smile

to greet at the door
2.1

Meet someone at the door to welcome them

How Noticeable

to overwhelm
164 4.4
to greet
30 1.8
to strike
821 3.9

Surface Forms

greet infinitive
greeted past
greeted past participle
greeting present participle
greets third person singular

Etymology

Greet can mean 'meet' in the sense of being the first thing you notice, like a view or a smell. So when a view 'greets' you, it is the first thing that 'meets' your eyes.