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/ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/ · noun
A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence..
It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.
I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.
Use greeting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Greeting means A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence..
Common synonyms include accost, address, greeting, hail.
Possible antonyms include farewell, valediction.
It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.
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