Collocation
Nice to meet you.
A polite and friendly expression used when introduced to someone for the first time, or sometimes when seeing someone again after an introduction. It conveys pleasure at the encounter.
Definition
'Nice to meet you.' is a common English collocation. A polite and friendly expression used when introduced to someone for the first time, or sometimes when seeing someone again after an introduction. It conveys pleasure at the encounter.
adjective + to + verb + pronoun
“Hello, I'm John. Nice to meet you, too.”
Examples
- Hello, I'm Alex. Nice to meet you, too.
- It was nice to meet you and learn about your work.
- My name is Laura. Nice to meet you all.
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- They exchanged pleasantries, and she added, 'Nice to meet you, finally!'
- The client smiled and said, 'It's nice to meet you, Mr. Jones.'
- After the introduction, he simply said, 'Nice to meet you.'
- It was truly nice to meet you after our long correspondence.
- She looked him in the eye and said, 'Nice to meet you, I've heard great things.'
- On behalf of the team, I'd like to say it's nice to meet you.
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