greeted
SayGREE-tid/ˈɡɹiːtɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of greet.
The host greeted each guest warmly as they arrived.
His announcement was greeted with loud applause.
Note
One regular form does two jobs: the plain past (she greeted us at the door) and the participle behind perfect and passive constructions (we had greeted them; the plan was greeted with silence). It also carries the figurative use where a sight or sound meets someone: the smell that greeted them. Scotland and Northern England also have a dialect verb greet meaning 'to weep'.
greeted is a form of greet
greet, verb: To welcome someone in a friendly way, whether in person or through writing or some other means. Full entry
- Spelling
- greet → greeted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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