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{
"term": "greet",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "greet",
"heSheIt": "greets"
},
"pastSimple": "greeted",
"pastParticiple": "greeted",
"ingForm": "greeting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to say hello to somebody or to welcome them",
"sensetop": "greet somebodygreet somebody with something",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He greeted all the guests warmly as they arrived.",
"contextForm": "greet somebody"
},
{
"text": "The winning team was greeted by cheering crowds."
},
{
"text": "She greeted us with a smile.",
"contextForm": "greet somebody with something"
},
{
"text": "She greeted him with a quick kiss."
},
{
"text": "Stella greeted her mother coolly."
},
{
"text": "The head teacher greeted all the pupils by name."
},
{
"text": "The president rose to greet his guests."
},
{
"text": "The two men greeted one another warmly."
},
{
"text": "You must be there to greet your guests."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["cheerfully", "enthusiastically", "warmly"],
"verb + greet": ["be there to", "be waiting to", "come to"],
"preposition": ["with"],
"phrases": ["greet somebody by name"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to react to somebody/something in a particular way",
"sensetop": "greet somebody/somethingbe greeted with somethingbe greeted as something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Loud cheers greeted the news.",
"contextForm": "greet somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The changes were greeted with suspicion.",
"contextForm": "be greeted with something"
},
{
"text": "The team's win was greeted as a major triumph.",
"contextForm": "be greeted as something"
},
{
"text": "The news was greeted with astonishment."
},
{
"text": "The announcement was greeted angrily by the workers."
},
{
"text": "Loud cheers greeted the athletes."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["enthusiastically", "coolly"],
"preposition": ["with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to be the first thing that you see, hear or smell at a particular time",
"sensetop": "be greeted by something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "When she opened the door she was greeted by a scene of utter confusion.",
"contextForm": "be greeted by something"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡriːt/",
"audio": "gr/greet/greet__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡriːts/",
"audio": "gr/greet/greets__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡriːtɪd/",
"audio": "gr/greet/greeted__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡriːtɪŋ/",
"audio": "gr/greet/greeting__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡriːt/",
"audio": "gr/greet/greet__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ɡriːts/",
"audio": "gr/greet/greets__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡriːtɪd/",
"audio": "gr/greet/greeted__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɡriːtɪŋ/",
"audio": "gr/greet/greeting__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English grētan ‘approach, attack, or salute’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch groeten and German grüssen ‘greet’."
}