hello
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1.0
- noun
- /həˈloʊ/
- Just wanted to say hello and ask you this.
- exchanged hellos
- Hellos and goodbyes
- say their hellos
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Examples
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She greeted her friend with a warm hello as they met at the café.
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Gustafson, who says hello and greetings from Sweden.
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And he says, well, hello, where have you been?
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And I'm like, hello, who is this?
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So that I might exchange hellos and comments on the weather.
Fiction book (1998) -
Then he enters, says hellos all around, and sits on the empty chair by the stove.
Fiction book (1997) -
Between all the hugs, hellos, and photographs, he continues to be a busy man on Friday nights.
Blog text (9) -
Enthusiastic hugs and hellos abounded in the audience, and people were obviously quite pleased to be together.
Academic text (2004) -
When I answered the phone, I said hello to the caller on the other end.
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After exchanging hellos, we quickly made plans for lunch.
Synonyms
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3.6
A short informal call to get someone's attention, greet, or show feelings such as surprise and annoyance
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1.0
A short friendly greeting you use when you meet someone
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1.0
A polite greeting people say when they meet in the morning
338
1.0
A polite greeting or farewell used in the evening
150
1.0
A polite way to say hello in the afternoon
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8.1
A friendly, informal way to say hello mainly in the southern United States
101
6.1
A formal greeting used when meeting someone for the first time that does not need an answer
99
1.0
A friendly word or action you use when you meet someone
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8.0
A friendly, informal way to say hello
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8.2
A French word used to say hello in the morning or early afternoon
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9.9
A short shout people use to greet someone or get their attention
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8.4
A friendly informal greeting used in the morning
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9.9
An informal word people use to say hello
5
9.9
A casual way to say hello to someone
5
8.6
A friendly informal way to say hello
5
1.0
A short friendly word used to greet someone or get their attention
5
9.9
An excited shout used to say hello to someone
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8.6
A friendly greeting used to get someone's attention
1
9.9
A friendly informal way to say hello
1
1.0
A warm greeting that makes someone feel welcome
1
8.8
A Spanish word used to say hello in a friendly way
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9.9
A friendly informal greeting asking how someone is
1
9.9
A friendly informal greeting to say hello
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hello began as a loud call to get attention, like older words hallo and hollo which meant 'to get attention'. When the telephone became common, people used hello as the usual 'greeting' when they met or answered the phone, and that is how it kept its meaning.