greeting

noun
/ˈɡɹiːtɪŋ/

Etymology

By surface analysis, greet + -ing.

Definitions

  1. A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge…

    A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.

    • It's polite to begin a letter with a greeting, but this practice is less common in email.
  2. The action of the verb to greet.

  3. present participle and gerund of greet

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at greeting. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at greeting. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at greeting

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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