Greet

Definition

greet / gri:t / v ၁။ (က) ~ sb (with sth) ႀကိဳဆိုသည္။ ႀကိဳဆိုႏႈတ္ဆက္ သည္။ greeting her guests at the door ❍ He greeted me with a friendly wave. ❍ She greeted us warmly. (ခ) ~ sth with sth (esp passive)… ႀကိဳဆိုသည္။ The appointment was greeted with widespread approval. ❍ His resignation was greeted as a clear victory for the opposition. ❍ Loud cheers greeted the announcement. ၂။ (ျမင္ကြင္း၊ အသံဗလံတို႔က) ႀကိဳဆိုလိုက္သည္။ ။ the view that greeted us at the top of the hill. ❏ greeting n [C,U] ပဋိသႏၶာရ။ ႏႈတ္ခြန္းဆက္။ exchange/ send greetings ❍ Mandy shouted a greeting. ❍ He raised his hand in greeting. ❍ a greetings card (ie a card 1 (၃) sent at Christmas, on sb's birthday, etc).

Examples

1. Natalie rushed to open the door and greet the guests.
2. The Prime Minister greeted him at the airport.
3. Bruce was warmly greeted by his colleagues.
4. [greet someone with a smile/kiss] : The women greet each other with kisses on both cheeks.
5. A burst of applause greeted the players.
6. [be greeted with something] : The announcement was greeted with some scepticism by environmental groups.
7. [be greeted by something] : The decision was greeted by violent demonstrations.
8. We were greeted by the familiar smell of baking bread.