Greeting and Return

Greeting

Greeting noun - An expression of goodwill upon meeting.

Return and greeting are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Return" instead a noun "Greeting".

Nearby Words: greet, greeted

Return

Return noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

Greeting and return are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Greeting" instead a noun "Return".

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

How words are described

old old greeting old return
good good greeting good return
long long greeting long return
initial initial greeting initial return
Other adjectives: proper, single, serious, quick, official, last, different, earlier, awesome.

Both words in one sentence

  • Kimi ni Todoke: Sawako towards Kazehaya simply because he's the first classmate to return her morning greeting.
  • They must become hostile when heroes don't have the decency to roar a proper return greeting.
  • Too Many Babies: Elmer successfully chases Bugs out of his house in the end, but Bugs mails him back an "Easter Greeting" in return; a giant egg filled with dozens of baby rabbits, who proceed to spill out into his house!
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