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Verb: greet  greet
  1. Express greetings upon meeting someone
    - recognize, recognise [Brit]
     
  2. Send greetings to
     
  3. React to in a certain way
    "The President was greeted with catcalls"
     
  4. Be perceived by
    "Loud music greeted him when he entered the apartment"

Derived forms: greeted, greeting, greets

Type of: accost, buttonhole [informal], communicate, intercommunicate, nobble [Brit, informal], react, reply, respond

Encyclopedia: Greet, William