Associations to the word «Greeting»
Noun
Adjective
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.