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. Cognate with West Frisian groetsje, Low German gröten, Dutch groeten, German grüßen (Old High German gruozen), Old Saxon grotian, Old Frisian greta.

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 e.g. writing or over the phone/internet
   • 1591, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act III, scene 1

     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 (talking of something which brings joy)
   • 1707, Joseph Addison, Rosamond, Act I, scene 4

     In vain the spring my senses greets.

3. (transitive) To accost; to address.
   • 1725, Alexander Pope translating Homer, Odyssey

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

4. (intransitive) To meet and give salutations.
   • circa 1590, William Shakespeare, Titus Adronicus, Act I, scene 2, 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.

派生語

• greeter
• meet-and-greet

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 (cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk かつ Swedish gråta, Norwegian Bokmål gråte, Danish græde) 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.

名詞

greet (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Mourning, weeping, lamentation.

参照

• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, →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