salutation

sal·u·ta·tion

S0050100 (săl′yə-tā′shən)n.1. a. A polite expression of greeting or goodwill.b. salutations Greetings indicating respect and affection; regards.2. A gesture of greeting, such as a bow or kiss.3. A word or phrase of greeting used to begin a letter or message.

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sal′u·ta′tion·al adj.

salutation

(ˌsæljʊˈteɪʃən) n1. an act, phrase, gesture, etc, that serves as a greeting2. a form of words used as an opening to a speech or letter, such as Dear Sir or Ladies and Gentlemen3. the act of saluting[C14: from Latin salūtātiō, from salūtāre to greet; see salute]

sal•u•ta•tion

(ˌsæl yəˈteɪ ʃən)

n. 1. a. something uttered, written, or done by way of greeting, welcome, recognition, etc. b. salutations, greetings or regards. 2. a word or phrase serving as the prefatory greeting in a letter or speech, as Dear Sir in a letter or Ladies and Gentlemen in a speech. 3. the act of saluting. sal`u•ta′tion•al, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	salutation - an act of honor or courteous recognition; "a musical salute to the composer on his birthday"salutecredit, recognition - approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying"
	2.	salutation - (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting)greetingplural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than oneacknowledgement, acknowledgment - a statement acknowledging something or someone; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her"well-wishing - an expression of good will from one person to another; "much hand-shaking and well-wishing"compliments, regard, wish - (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare; "give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes"reception, response - the manner in which something is greeted; "she did not expect the cold reception she received from her superiors"hail - enthusiastic greetingkiss of peace, pax - (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharistwelcome - a greeting or reception; "the proposal got a warm welcome"salute - an act of greeting with friendly words and gestures like bowing or lifting the hathello, hi, howdy, hullo, how-do-you-do - an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged polite hellos"good morning, morning - a conventional expression of greeting or farewellgood afternoon, afternoon - a conventional expression of greeting or farewellmilitary greeting, salute - a formal military gesture of respectvisiting card, calling card, card - a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
	3.	salutation - word of greeting used to begin a letteropening - the initial part of the introduction; "the opening established the basic theme"

salutation

noun (Formal) greeting, welcome, salute, address, obeisance The old man moved away, raising his hand in salutation.

salutation

nounAn expression, in words or gestures, marking a meeting of persons:greeting, hail, salute, welcome.

Translations

AnredeGrußsalutationinvocazione