Associations to the word «Greeting»

Wiktionary

GREETING, noun. A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
GREETING, noun. (uncountable) The action of the verb to greet.
GREETING, verb. Present participle of greet
GREETING CARD, noun. A card, typically folded in half and available commercially, that is sent to someone as a greeting. (This entry is here for translation purposes only.)

Dictionary definition

GREETING, noun. (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats