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# salutation

noun (a salutation, salutations)

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

## Everyday

1. (formal) A salutation is a greeting, a word or action that says hello, such as "Good morning" or a wave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salutation/#m1)
2. In a letter or email, the salutation is the greeting at the start, like "Dear Sam,". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salutation/#m2)
3. (formal) "Salutations!" can be said as a jokey, old-fashioned "hello". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salutation/#m3)

### In the lessons

In English lessons on letter writing, pupils learn the parts of a letter: address, date, salutation ("Dear Sir or Madam"), body, and sign-off ("Yours faithfully"). In stories, knights and courtiers bow in salutation. In Charlotte's Web, the spider Charlotte greets Wilbur with "Salutations!".

### Examples

- Start your letter with a salutation such as "Dear Aunt Jo,". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salutation/#x1)
- He raised his hat in salutation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salutation/#x2)
- "Salutations!" said Charlotte the spider to Wilbur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salutation/#x3)
- The salutation in a formal letter is often "Dear Sir or Madam". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salutation/#x4)
- Underline the salutation in this letter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salutation/#x5)
- A wave is a friendly salutation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salutation/#x6)
- The knights bowed to the king in salutation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salutation/#x7)
- “Peace be upon you,” said the king, giving the usual country salutation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/salutation/#x8)

### Note

Countable: salutations. Formal word; in daily talk say "greeting". In a letter, if the salutation is "Dear Sir or Madam", the sign-off is "Yours faithfully" (UK); if a name, "Yours sincerely". Related: salute.

## On Mova

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