greetとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English greten, from 古期英語 grētan, from Proto-Germanic *grōtijaną.

動詞

greet (三人称単数 現在形 greets, 現在分詞 greeting, 過去形および過去分詞形 greeted)

1. (transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
   • c. 1593, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene i]:

     My lord, the mayor of London comes to greet you.

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.

2. (transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet.
   • 1707, Joseph Addison, Rosamond, Act I, scene 4

     In vain the spring my senses greets.

   • 2009, Loren Long, ‎Phil Bildner, Magic in the Outfield (page 47)

     Way deep in left field, where the carpet of green sloped upward to a terrace and greeted the thick line of trees, he reached out his glove.

3. (transitive) To accost; to address.
   • 1725, Homer; [Alexander Pope], transl., “(please specify the book または chapter of the Odyssey)”, in The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume V, London: […] Bernard Lintot, OCLC 8736646:

     Fair on his feet the polish'd sandals shine,
     And thus he greets the master of the swine:

4. (intransitive, archaic) To meet and give salutations.
   • c. 1588–1593, William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii], line 90:

     There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace.

5. (transitive) To be perceived by (somebody).
   • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:

     From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.

   A brilliant dawn greeted her eyes as she looked out of the window.

Conjugation

派生語

• greeter
• meet-and-greet
• regreet

語源 2

From Middle English greet, grete (“great”).

形容詞

greet (comparative more greet, superlative most greet)

1. (obsolete outside Scotland) Great.

語源 3

From a blend of two 古期英語 verbs, grētan, grǣtan (itself from Proto-Germanic *grētaną); and of 古期英語 grēotan (itself from Proto-Germanic *greutaną), both meaning "to weep, lament".

動詞

greet (三人称単数 現在形 greets, 現在分詞 greeting, 過去形および過去分詞形 greeted または grat または grutten)

2. (Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry.
   • 1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), page 312:

     And damn't! if he didn't take down her bit things and scone her so sore she grat like a bairn [...].

   • 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 2:

     My maw went potty and started greeting.

関連する語

• regret

名詞

greet (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Mourning, weeping, lamentation.

Further reading

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• “greet” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

アナグラム

• Geter, egret, reget