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# hello

exclamation (hello); noun (a hello, hellos); verb (hello, helloed — rare)

«hello» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A word you say when you meet someone or answer the phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hello/#m1)
2. A word to get someone's attention: «Hello? Is anyone there?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hello/#m2)
3. Said when you are surprised (old-fashioned, UK): «Hello, what's this?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hello/#m3)
4. A noun: a greeting: «Say hello to your mum». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hello/#m4)

### In the lessons

In manners lessons: greet people with hello, look at them and smile; answer the phone «Hello» but do not give your name or address to callers you don't know. In stories a «hello» starts a meeting between characters. Phrases: say hello, hello there, say hello to someone for me, wave hello, hello again.

### Examples

- Hello, Mrs Brown! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hello/#x1)
- Say hello to your grandma for me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hello/#x2)
- She waved hello from the bus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hello/#x3)
- «Hello? Who's calling?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hello/#x4)
- Hello? Is anybody home? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hello/#x5)
- He said a quick hello and ran off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hello/#x6)
- It's polite to say hello when you come into a room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hello/#x7)
- Don't tell a caller you don't know that you're home alone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hello/#x8)
- “Hello!” replied the Tin Woodman calmly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hello/#x9)

### Note

Also spelled «hullo» or «hallo» (older UK). Informal: hi, hey (US, Australia: «g'day»). Plural noun: hellos. Opposite: goodbye.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hello» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hello/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hello» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hello.html) on Mova free.