{
    "term": "greet",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "greet",
            "heSheIt": "greets"
        },
        "pastSimple": "greeted",
        "pastParticiple": "greeted",
        "ingForm": "greeting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to say hello to somebody or to welcome them",
            "sensetop": "greet somebodygreet somebody with something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He greeted all the guests warmly as they arrived.",
                    "contextForm": "greet somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The winning team was greeted by cheering crowds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She greeted us with a smile.",
                    "contextForm": "greet somebody with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She greeted him with a quick kiss."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stella greeted her mother coolly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The head teacher greeted all the pupils by name."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president rose to greet his guests."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two men greeted one another warmly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You must be there to greet your guests."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["cheerfully", "enthusiastically", "warmly"],
                "verb + greet": ["be there to", "be waiting to", "come to"],
                "preposition": ["with"],
                "phrases": ["greet somebody by name"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to react to somebody/something in a particular way",
            "sensetop": "greet somebody/somethingbe greeted with somethingbe greeted as something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Loud cheers greeted the news.",
                    "contextForm": "greet somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The changes were greeted with suspicion.",
                    "contextForm": "be greeted with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The team's win was greeted as a major triumph.",
                    "contextForm": "be greeted as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The news was greeted with astonishment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The announcement was greeted angrily by the workers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Loud cheers greeted the athletes."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["enthusiastically", "coolly"],
                "preposition": ["with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to be the first thing that you see, hear or smell at a particular time",
            "sensetop": "be greeted by something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When she opened the door she was greeted by a scene of utter confusion.",
                    "contextForm": "be greeted by something"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡriːt/",
                "audio": "gr/greet/greet__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡriːts/",
                "audio": "gr/greet/greets__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡriːtɪd/",
                "audio": "gr/greet/greeted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡriːtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "gr/greet/greeting__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡriːt/",
                "audio": "gr/greet/greet__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡriːts/",
                "audio": "gr/greet/greets__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡriːtɪd/",
                "audio": "gr/greet/greeted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡriːtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "gr/greet/greeting__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English grētan ‘approach, attack, or salute’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch groeten and German grüssen ‘greet’."
}