英语词汇“greet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

greetgreet /grit/ ●●○ W3 verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYgreet

Origin: Old English gretan

VERB TABLE

greet

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	greet
	he, she, it	greets
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	greeted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have greeted
	he, she, it	has greeted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had greeted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will greet
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have greeted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am greeting
	he, she, it	is greeting
	you, we, they	are greeting
Past	I, he, she, it	was greeting
	you, we, they	were greeting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been greeting
	he, she, it	has been greeting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been greeting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be greeting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been greeting

1to say hello to someone or welcome him or her SYN welcome: Diana greeted them warmly.greet somebody with something Roz’s mother greeted her with hugs and kisses.2[always + adv./prep.] to react to something in a particular way: greet something with/by something The proposal was greeted with loud laughter.3to be the first thing you see or hear when you arrive somewhere: As we entered, complete chaos greeted us. [Origin: Old English gretan]