hihi /haɪ/ ●●● S1 interjection informal 
Hi! How are you? Hi there! I haven’t seen you for ages.
WORD ORIGINhi
Origin:
1100-1200 A natural shoutTHESAURUS
used when you meet someone, or when you start a telephone conversation. In everyday English, most people usually say hi because it sounds more friendly. You use hello especially when talking to people you do not know well, or to older people: · Hello. Could I speak to someone in customer service, please?· Hello, Mrs Jones. How are you?
used as a friendly greeting when you meet someone start a telephone conversation, or at the beginning of an email: · Hi, Gwen – did you have a nice weekend?· Hi everybody.
especially American English informal used as a friendly greeting when you see someone you know well and you want to start talking to them: · Hey, Scott! What’s up, buddy?
informal used as a very informal greeting when speaking to someone you know well: · Hiya, Jake. How’s it going?
used when meeting someone at a particular time of day. In everyday English, people usually just say Morning!, Afternoon! etc: · Good morning, class!· Morning everyone. Sorry I’m late.· Good afternoon, Mr Smith.
(also how are you doing?/how’s it going? informal) used when you are greeting someone and starting a conversation: · How’s it going Tom? I haven’t seen you for ages.· Hi Helen. How are you doing? Is the new job going well?
formal used when you meet someone for the first time, especially after you have just been told their name. How do you do sounds very formal. These days in everyday English, people often say hi when meeting someone for the first time: · ‘John, I’d like you to meet our new project manager, Nisha Patel.’ ‘How do you do?’
used when you meet someone for the first time and have just been told their name: · ‘Richard, this is my brother Ronnie.’ ‘Nice to meet you, Ronnie.’· ‘My name is Lena Curtis.’ ‘Pleased to meet you, I’m David Bennet.’· Mrs Parrish, it’s good to meet you after hearing Lynn talk so much about you.
Longman Language Activatorways to say hello · Hello, Sally. How are you doing today?· Hello. Could I speak to someone in customer service?· "Hello, Mr Decker." "Hello, John. I didn't expect to see you here."
informal /hiya informal, /hey American informal say this when you are greeting someone, especially a friend or relative. Hiya and hey are more informal than hi , and you say them to people you know very well: · Hi, Gwen - did you have a nice weekend?· Hi. I'm just calling to see if you'd like to come over for dinner tonight.· Hiya, Jake. How's it going?· Hey, Scott. What's up, buddy?
informal hey there American informal say this when you are greeting someone, especially someone you did not expect to see: · Hi there, Mark! Did you have trouble getting here?· Hey there, stranger. We haven't seen you around here for a long time.
/how's it going? informal say this when you are greeting someone and starting a conversation: · How's it going, Tom? I haven't seen you for a long time.· Morning, Bob. How are you today?· Hi, Val. How are you doing? Did you get the job?
say this as a quick greeting at a particular time of day, especially when you work with the person you are greeting and see them regularly: · Morning, everyone. Sorry I'm late.· Afternoon, Sheila - got time for a quick cup of coffee?· Evening, all! Can I buy anyone a drink?
formal say this to greet someone at a particular time of the day: · Good afternoon. I have a three o'clock appointment with Ms. Davis.· Good morning, class! To start with I have a couple of announcements.· Good evening, Ray. Let me introduce David Bruce.
ways to ask someone to say hello to someone else for you · By the way, Dad says hi!say hello/say hi (for sb) to · I'd better go now. Say hello to Shelley for me, will you?
to ask someone to give your loving greetings to someone else when they see them, write to them etc: · Nick's sorry he couldn't be here, but he sends his love.send your love to: · Aunt Mary sends her love to you and the children.
to ask someone to give your greetings to someone else when they see them, write to them etc: · I talked to Steven on the phone the other day and he sends his regards.
also give somebody my love/regards use this to ask someone to give your greetings to someone else when they see them, write to them etc - use give my love to somebody especially about family or close friends: · Give my love to your mother when you see her.· Have a wonderful evening and give Tim my regards.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Hi there! I haven’t seen you for ages.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He had killed a man with his bare hands. The slightest sound might betray his presence. He craned his neck above the crowd to get a better view. I hope that he’s caught and gets his just deserts (=is punished in the way he deserves). He sat stiffly, with a pained expression on his face. He held the pebble in the palm of his hand. a door-to-door salesman peddling his wares (=selling his goods) He sprang to his feet (=stood up suddenly) and rushed after her. I told him straight to his face (=speaking directly to him) what I thought of him. John was a great footballer in his younger days (=when he was younger).
Hi there! I haven’t seen you for ages. He had killed a man with his bare hands. The slightest sound might betray his presence. He craned his neck above the crowd to get a better view. I hope that he’s caught and gets his just deserts (=is punished in the way he deserves). He sat stiffly, with a pained expression on his face. He held the pebble in the palm of his hand. a door-to-door salesman peddling his wares (=selling his goods) He sprang to his feet (=stood up suddenly) and rushed after her. I told him straight to his face (=speaking directly to him) what I thought of him. John was a great footballer in his younger days (=when he was younger).PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► every dog has its/his day► England expects that every man will do his duty► an Englishman’s home is his castle► his/her etc eyes were popping (out of his/her etc head)► what’s his face/what’s her face► a fool and his money are soon parted► God rest his/her soul► God rest his/her soul► God is in his heaven, all’s right with the world► his/her nibs► somebody puts his pants on one leg at a time► What’s your/his etc problem?► your/his/her Royal Highness► somebody can’t do something to save his/her life► God rest his/her soul► my/his/your etc word
hello: - Even when your growing brain shared my blood, your dreams were yours alone.
- She had never helped with any of the bills, so he felt that the house was his alone.
- The next job was his alone.
- She ran to her mother as fast as her legs could carry her.
- Fathers should customize each to their own particular needs and situation.
- It is a case of each to his own cell with no slopping out.
- A calm emanated from the place, moving down through his torso and out to his fingertips.
- A tiny knot of tension throbbed at the back of her neck, running the length of her arms to her fingertips.
- He was a musician to his fingertips and he had a very subtle understanding of the interplay of characters on the stage.
- The spark ing leapt to his fingertips, and he was in her trance, his own skin alert to hers.
- There was a glorious sunset rush of pure-blooded warmth all over her back and right down to her fingertips.
- Though since Cara was a professional to her fingertips she supposed that she would.
- Jun. 805, where his Lordship dismissed a petition to expunge the proof of a surety against the estate of a co-surety.
- Nor did his Lordship draw any demarcation between administrative institutions and inferior courts for the purposes of review.
- The reason you want to see his lordship has nothing to do with gratitude and you know it.
- He had assumed his lordship like any other feudal lord.
- It was clear to him that if he said he could, his lordship would take him.
- Jun. 805, where his Lordship dismissed a petition to expunge the proof of a surety against the estate of a co-surety.
- Madeleine said she didn't mind, but you could see his lordship was going down like a dose of castor oil.
- Naturally, his lordship was greatly distressed and immediately made plans to dispatch funds and commiserations to Frau Bremann.
- The porter was reprimanded and a humble apology was presented to his Lordship.
- Thus it was that his greatest hurdle to date had been asking his lordship for a job.
- He was a man of his word, and I had great respect for his intellect.
- But Dan is a man of his word.
- Crazy Horse was a man of his word and was furious at the duplicity of the white man...
- He was, as much as was possible in a world where the buck was almighty, a man of his word.
- Curtis, for his part, wished he felt as confident as he had tried to sound.
- Gates, for his part, says he tries not to stray too far from talking about technology.
- I for my part have some difficulty in accepting that.
- I, for my part, would take the second of the two roads.
- Kennedy, for his part, seemed open to the reasonable accommodation.
- Mr McLean, for his part, will offer a guilty plea to the charge of actual bodily harm.
- My grandfather, for his part, had found lodgings for the two boys through an advertisement in a church magazine.
- Nick, for his part, really wants to live.
- Anyway, that's your problem.
- What about your commitment to - what's his name?
- It seemed that all the world and his wife were in Madrid.
- Nick and Clem will have invited half the world and his wife, anyway.
- Now all the world and his wife seems to have heard of them!
- Only all the world and his wife, if I know Igor.
- The reason the world and his wife head for these shores is they know that their chances of deportation are virtually non-existent.
- This also facilitated close up shots to be taken without the world and his wife looking on.
- Let her do her worst to reach him.
- Sometimes they successfully slowed or blocked the path of the conquistadores when these exploiters were out to do their worst.
- A cop worth his salt wouldn't take a bribe.
- Any journalist worth her salt would have got scads more out of the tall Czechoslovakian than she had, she thought glumly.
- No brass worth her salt was even up before twelve-thirty!
Hi! How are you? Hi there! I haven’t seen you for ages.