greetverb
uk/ɡriːt/us/ɡriːt/B1 [ T ] to welcome someone with particular words or a particular action, or to react to something in the stated way:
He greeted me at the door.
The teacher greeted each child with a friendly "Hello!"
The unions have greeted the decision with delight/anger.
[ T often passive ] If you are greeted by a sight, sound, or smell, you notice it immediately when you arrive somewhere:
As we walked into the house, we were greeted by a wonderful smell of baking.
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- The dog trotted down the path to greet me.
- She ran excitedly down the hall to greet her cousins.
- 'Hi' is an informal way of greeting people.
- The new president was greeted by an ecstatic crowd.
- The headteacher greeted us very formally.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reacting and responding
- backlash
- bite
- bite back (at sb/sth)
- chain reaction
- counteract
- knob
- react
- reactive
- recoil
- reflexive
- reflexively
- respond
- response
- responsive
- rise
- sensitive
- shock wave
- strike
- wake (sb) up
- worm
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