Its polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.
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Greeting — (also called accosting) is a way for human beings (as well as other members of the animal kingdom) to intentionally communicate awareness of each other s presence, to show attention to, and to suggest a type of relationship or social status… … Wikipedia
greeting — greeting, salutation, salute denote the ceremonial words or acts of one who meets, welcomes, or formally addresses another. Greeting is the ordinary term which carries no suggestion of formality and no implication of inferiority in the one who… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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Greeting — Album par Nami Tamaki Sortie 25 février 2004 Enregistrement 2003 2004 … Wikipédia en Français
greeting — O.E. greting “salutation,” from gretan (see GREET (Cf. greet)). Related: Greetings. First record of greeting card is from 1876 … Etymology dictionary
Greeting — Greet ing, n. Expression of kindness or joy; salutation at meeting; a compliment from one absent. [1913 Webster] Write to him . . . gentle adieus and greetings. Shak. Syn: Salutation; salute; compliment. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
greeting — greet‧ing [ˈgriːtɪŋ] noun [countable, uncountable] something you say or do when you meet someone: • They briskly exchanged greetings before sitting down to start negotiations … Financial and business terms
greeting — [n] welcome; message of kindness accosting, acknowledgment, address, aloha*, attention, best wishes*, blow*, card*, ciao*, compellation, compliments, good wishes*, hail, hello, heralding, hi, highball*, high five*, how do you do*, howdy*, letter* … New thesaurus
greeting — ► NOUN 1) a word or sign of welcome or recognition. 2) (usu. greetings) a formal expression of goodwill … English terms dictionary
greeting — [grēt′iŋ] n. 1. the act or words of a person who greets; salutation; welcome 2. [often pl.] a message of regards from someone absent … English World dictionary
greeting — noun 1 first words you say when you meet sb ADJECTIVE ▪ formal, friendly, polite ▪ traditional ▪ The traditional Muslim greeting is ‘Salaam’. VERB + GREETING … Collocations dictionary
