Definitions for greets

greets greet

Spelling: [greet]
IPA: /grit/

Greets is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in greets (eegrst).

Definitions for greets

verb (used with object)

  1. to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
  2. to meet or receive:
  3. to manifest itself to:
  4. to lament; bewail.

verb (used without object)

  1. Obsolete. to give salutations on meeting.
  2. to grieve; lament; cry.

Origin of greets

before 900; Middle English greten, Old English grētan; cognate with German grüssen

Examples for greets

But what dignitary is this crossing from the other side to greet the governor?

Napoleon, indeed, was scarce able to greet his visitor pleasantly.

Women parade in front of visitors, kiss them on the cheek, and greet them with “Fique à vontade” (Make yourself comfortable).

Those are the first words that slip out of my mouth when I greet Andrew Garfield at a hotel suite in Downtown Toronto.

She did not greet him in any way, but turned her head to address commands.

"That was crazy," Lynn Jenkins of Kansas muttered to another member as she walked to greet Boehner.

He hurried home so that he might be there to greet her when she returned from her work.

Her brother Mulbah Sirleaf said Dedee could not be there to greet her child because her “heart was hurting.”

Shaw put himself right alongside the line and took a minute to shake hands and greet each delegate.

But I had no time to say another word to him, as I turned to greet Mrs. Marshall.

Word Value for greets
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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