Invitation - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃn|  American pronunciation of the word invitation
Brit.  |ɪnvɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word invitation

noun

- a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
an invitation to lunch
she threw the invitation away
- a tempting allurement
she was an invitation to trouble

Extra examples

We sent out more than 100 invitations for the party.

Admission by invitation only.

Shortly afterwards, Dawson received an invitation to speak at a scientific conference.

She accepted his invitation to join him for lunch.

Roger never turns down an invitation to dinner.

I extend an invitation to the minister to visit this area.

We've got a standing invitation. Maybe we should go tonight.

Attendance at the seminars is by invitation only (=only those people who have been invited can attend).

They were always dropping by, usually without invitation.

Kegl traveled to Nicaragua at the invitation of the education minister.

We sent out more than 300 wedding invitations.

Did you get an invitation to Jason's party?

He seemed to take my silence as an invitation to talk.

I managed to cop an invitation.

Her failure to respond to the invitation was a serious breach of etiquette.

Word forms

noun
singular: invitation
plural: invitations
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