Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

greeting

/ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables
greet-ing
IPA
/ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The action of the verb to greet.

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of greet

Example Sentences

Etymology

By surface analysis, greet + -ing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

greetings (plural)

Derived Forms

greetingless greetingly nongreeting

Phrases

greeting card greetings card season's greetings

Frequently Paired Words

greet hello salutation

Synonyms

accost address greeting hail salutation

Antonyms

farewell valediction

Rhymes With

meeting eating beating treating competing cheating heating completing repeating seating defeating deleting

Questions

How do you pronounce greeting?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/.
What does greeting mean?
A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
Where does greeting come from?
By surface analysis, greet + -ing.

How to pronounce greeting

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