# hellos

Pronunciation: US say "he-LOHZ" /hɛˈloʊz/; say "huh-LOHZ" UK /həˈləʊz/, AUS /həˈləʉz/

## Noun

1. Plural of hello. — plural of hello
   - Simple: Plural of hello. Use this when you mean more than one greeting.
   - _The host exchanged quick hellos with each guest before dinner._
   - _A chorus of cheerful hellos greeted her when she walked into the office._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of hello. — third-person singular simple present indicative of hello
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of hello. Use it when one person greets another by saying hello.
   - _The clerk cheerfully hellos each customer who steps up to the counter._
   - _Whenever the manager hellos the night shift, the whole room relaxes a little._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/hellos (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).