salutation

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sal·u·ta·tion /ˌsæljəˈteɪʃən/ noun formal  1. [countable]TCMTALK/MAKE A SPEECH a word or phrase used at the beginning of a letter or speech, such as ‘Dear Mr Smith’ 〔信函、演讲开头的〕称呼语2. [countable, uncountable]HELLO something you say or do when greeting someone 问候，致意

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salutation• The tricky thing is to judge at what point to raise a hand in salutation.• The letter started off not with a personal salutation but in black letters: Jai Shiva Shankar!• The next question is whether to use a colon, comma, or dash after the salutation.

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salutation
sal‧u‧ta‧tion /ˌsæljəˈteɪʃən, ˌsæljʊˈteɪʃən/ noun formal
1. [countable] a word or phrase used at the beginning of a letter or speech, such as ‘Dear Mr Smith’
2. [uncountable and countable] something you say or do when greeting someone

sa·lu·ta·tionBrE /ˌsæljuˈteɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsæljuˈteɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] (formal) something that you say to welcome or say hello to sb; the action of welcoming or saying hello to sb 招呼；致意；打招呼；致意的动作 [countable] (specialist) the words that are used in a letter to address the person you are writing to, for example 'Dear Sir' （信函中如 Dear Sir 之类的）称呼语