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A valediction (derivation from Latin vale dicere, "to say farewell"), [1] parting phrase, or complimentary close in American English, [2] is an expression used to say farewell, especially a word or phrase used to end a letter or message, [3] [4] or a speech made at a farewell. [3] Valediction's counterpart is a greeting called a salutation.
I can be contacted by email at [email address], by telephone at [telephone number] (I am in time zone UTC-7 — please call in your late afternoon), and by post at: [name] [postal address] [city], [state/province abbreviation] [zip/postal code] [country code] Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, <full name>
PYR, meaning Per Your Request. The recipient is informed that the sender is replying to a previous email in which they were given a task. QUE, meaning Question. The recipient is informed that the sender wants an answer to this e-mail. RB, meaning Reply By. Used with a time indicator to inform the recipient that the sender needs a reply within a ...
One example of supplication is the Western Christian ritual of novena (from novem, the Latin word for "nine") wherein one repeatedly asks for the same favor over a period of nine days. [6] This ritual began in Spain during the Middle Ages when a nine-day period of hymns and prayers led up to a Christmas feast, a period which ended with gift giving.
Another related concept is namrata (नम्रता), which means modest and humble behavior. Different scholars have varying interpretations of amanitvam, humility, as a virtue in the Bhagavad Gita. [34] For example, Prabhupada explains humility to mean one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others. [35]
Examples of non-written salutations are bowing (common in Japan), waving, or even addressing somebody by their name. A salutation can be interpreted as a form of a signal in which the receiver of the salutation is being acknowledged, respected or thanked. Another simple but very common example of a salutation is a military salute.
For example, NPST non-past is not listed, as it is composable from N-non-+ PST past. This convention is grounded in the Leipzig Glossing Rules. [2] Some authors use a lower-case n, for example n H for 'non-human'. [16] Some sources are moving from classical lative (LAT, -L) terminology to 'directional' (DIR), with concommitant changes in the ...
For example, theta vacuum is a pretty hard article to read if you don't know much physics. But in principle one could summarize it in a paragraph or two in a much simpler sense (something that would of course be useless to actual physicist, but would be nice for laypeople).