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Opening statement?
Answer for the clue "Opening statement? ", 8 letters:
greeting
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Greeting is the first album by Japanese pop singer Nami Tamaki . The album was released in Japan by Sony Music Japan , then re-released in America by Tofu Records .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Greet \Greet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greeted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Greeting .] [OE. greten, AS. gr[=e]tan to address, approach; akin to OS. gr[=o]tian, LG. gr["o]ten, D. groeten, OHG. gruozzen, G. gr["u]ssen. [root]50.] To address with salutations or expressions ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence. 2 (context uncountable English) The action of the verb ''to greet''. vb. (present participle of greet English)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English greting "salutation," verbal noun from gretan (see greet ). Related: Greetings . First record of greeting card is from 1876.
Usage examples of greeting.
Greeting Adams affably, Herschel was delighted to talk of his work, and Adams returned to Grosvenor Square elated.
IN EARLY 1805, after four years at Quincy, during which he had made little effort to contact others, Adams decided to send a letter of greetings to his old friend Benjamin Rush.
Any visitor who has braved the cold to bring greetings to another Alaskan receives a fresh, steaming mug of coffee.
Having exchanged greetings with the Empress of Andhra, Antonina was now being introduced to her consort.
Katy was uttering the mix of growl and howl that was her greeting somewhere in the dark shadows at the back of the building.
Sighting them in turn, the newcomer reined in behind a fallen log and raised a hand in greeting as they came into hailing distance, then pulled back his hood to reveal a backswept shock of silver hair above sparkling gray eyes, an aquiline nose, and a full silver beard.
He raised his palms to the Bangladeshi man in a namaste greeting of co-spiritual recognition.
Cheerful greetings from the other reporters, delivered in accents as diverse as brash Brooklynese and a Charleston drawl, helped dissipate them.
They moored and as Ahmed rowed them ashore welcome calls rang out from the bushland and soon the Aborigines were milling about exchanging greetings and news.
Once or twice when consulting the calendar, Lily had been caught short, imagining she had forgotten some occasion for which she ought to have sent out greeting cards or roasted a Butterball or displayed the Flag.
Andrew LaFollet and Spencer Hawke followed the two of them, and Brigham chuckled as Honor raised an eyebrow at her greeting.
Bryson lashed out with his left arm, like a cobra, directly toward the blade--a counterintuitive move, because it meant rising up and greeting the instrument of death, or the appendage that held it, rather than retreating from it--and as he seized the wrist of the hand holding the stiletto, the harridan was clearly taken by surprise.
Only the curtest of greetings is exchanged between them and they seat themselves at opposite ends of the table.
God, to Brother Francis and the other priors or custodes of the Brothers Minor, greeting and the apostolic benediction.
Rhapsody awoke to the soft singing of her mentor, who was greeting the rising of the daystar and the sun with the ancient song of their people.