Third person singular of 'greet': to welcome someone or acknowledge them in a friendly way.
From Old English 'grētan,' meaning to approach or accost someone. The word originally meant any kind of address or approach, but came to mean specifically friendly or welcoming encounters.
Different cultures have completely different greeting rituals—some bow, some shake hands, some kiss cheeks—but the underlying human need to acknowledge each other when meeting is universal, making 'greet' one of the most cross-cultural verbs in any language!
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