Used in a Sentence

greeted

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for greeted.

Editorial note

They used Hipchat, and it was neat - my coworkers there greeted me with inline memes.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of greeted gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.

verb

(transitive) To accost; to address.

verb

(transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for greeted.

verb

(transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.

verb

(transitive) To accost; to address.

verb

(transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet.

verb

(transitive, figurative) To be perceived by (someone).

Example sentences

1

They used Hipchat, and it was neat - my coworkers there greeted me with inline memes.

2

You may be surprised to learn the process was not greeted by enthusiastic cheers.

3

I wobbled my way to my friends who greeted me with smiles and asked how I enjoyed my swim.

4

They lost me at the title really - but I clicked through for fun and was greeted with that.

5

And IMO they produced something that strongly reminded me of firing up something akin to the C64 and be greeted with a basic prompt.

6

His hypothesis, as he still called it, was greeted with general disbelief.

7

I typically forget this step so after the reboot I'm greeted by the console prompt.

8

That's how the user of TempleOS is greeted.

9

I've been greeted at customs by four cops with MP5's (gotta love the Spanish hospitality), and I doubt a single one had less-than-lethal rounds in them.

10

Once built I was greeted with 2500+ compiler warnings...

11

I've been greeted by surliness before, but usually less than I get in a coffee shop or supermarket checkout from people who are being paid to be nice.

12

To my teenage self, the mystical, cryptic, clever quotes from Zippy that greeted me upon login matched perfectly with the mysterious but deeply effort-rewarding feel of the rest of an early '90s Slackware distribution.

Quote examples

1

Way back then, when your online connection was flaky, expensive and ~5-50kbps, the first online-only apps where greeted with "but..

2

I have "regular" edition, and after the recent update it greeted me with a page about Pocket integration being built-in.

3

I was greeted with "G'day you fuckin' long streak of pelican shit" just this morning.

4

And so I greeted him at the door to my apartment, not with my usual warm hello, but rather the words "Wiles proved Fermat's Last Theorem".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use greeted in a sentence?

They used Hipchat, and it was neat - my coworkers there greeted me with inline memes.

What does greeted mean?

(transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.

What part of speech is greeted?

greeted is commonly used as verb.