greet

1. (transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.Examples: "My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you."; "Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted."Synonyms: hailtransitive

2. (transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet.Examples: "In vain the Spring my Senſes greets / In all her Colours, all her Svveets; / To me the Roſe / No longer glovvs, / Every Plant / Has loſt its Scent: […]"; "Way deep in left field, where the carpet of green sloped upward to a terrace and greeted the thick line of trees, he reached out his glove."transitive

3. (transitive) To accost; to address.Examples: "Fair on his feet the polish'd sandals shine, And thus he greets the master of the swine:"transitive

4. (intransitive, archaic) To meet and give salutations.Examples: "There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace."archaicintransitive

5. (transitive, figurative) To be perceived by (someone).Examples: "A brilliant dawn greeted her eyes as she looked out of the window."; "Muggy heat—temperature in the 90s and high humidity—greeted early arrivals for the 72-hole, three-day test, rated the hardest and most important in the sport."; "The first thing that greets you on entering the church is a notice asking you not to vex the goat, since it renders valuable service in keeping the churchyard tidy."figurativelytransitive