Definitions for invitation
ˌɪn vɪˈteɪ ʃənin·vi·ta·tion

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1. 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"

2. invitation(noun)

   a tempting allurement

   "she was an invitation to trouble"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. invitation(Noun)

   The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.

2. invitation(Noun)

   A document written or printed, or spoken words, conveying the message by which one is invited.

3. invitation(Noun)

   Allurement; enticement.

4. invitation(Noun)

   A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Invitation(noun)

   the act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend

   Etymology: [L. invitatio: cf. F. invitation. See Invite.]

2. Invitation(noun)

   a document written or printed, or spoken words, /onveying the message by which one is invited

   Etymology: [L. invitatio: cf. F. invitation. See Invite.]

3. Invitation(noun)

   allurement; enticement

   Etymology: [L. invitatio: cf. F. invitation. See Invite.]

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1. Invitation

   Invitation is the first full-length studio album from the Finnish power metal band Altaria.

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1. invitation

   A type of document or message to request a person or people to respond or attend.

   The invitation to the wedding was electronic and simple asking people to come to have fun together and just bring some simple food to celebrate their love, unity and marriage.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'invitation' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4702

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'invitation' in Nouns Frequency: #1675

How to pronounce invitation?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say invitation in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of invitation in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of invitation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of invitation in a Sentence

1. Paul Ryan:

   I was excited when we got invited to attend his speech, i thought the president's invitation...was an olive branch.

2. Eva Longoria:

   Huffman's lawyers argued that the sentencing guidelines in those cases were much higher and reserved for the mastermind of schemes, not mere participants. Prosecutors, meanwhile, had argued that universities and testing companies were the victims of the schemes, and the amount that parents paid should correspond to the penalties' severity.But US Probation and Pretrial Services, which prepares pre-sentence investigation reports for each defendant, has argued overall, that the universities and testing companies suffered no monetary harm, and the price of the parents' bribes is therefore not relevant to any sentences. Actress Felicity Huffman loved ones wrote letters of support to the judgeMacy and other loved ones submitted letters to Judge Indira Talwani on Huffman's behalf, pleading for leniency. Each letter outlined Huffman's loyalty and commitment to the writer — an attempt to show Actress Felicity Huffman role in the admissions scam was an outlier in Actress Felicity Huffman life. Macy also shed some light on the immediate aftermath of Huffman's early morning arrest by the FBI in March.Two days after the arrest, Macy wrote, their eldest daughter was headed for an audition at a school she had her heart set on — one that didn't require SAT scores. But when Actress Felicity Huffman got off the plane, the school emailed Actress Felicity Huffman, formally rescinding its audition invitation because of the scandal. Eva Longoria and other celebrities write letters of support for actress Felicity Huffman ahead of Eva Longoria sentencingMacy wrote Eva Longoria and other celebrities daughter.

3. Lao Tzu:

   The Way of Heaven does not compete, And yet it skillfully achieves victory. It does not speak, and yet it skillfully responds to things. It comes to you without your invitation.

4. Carrie Cordero:

   Receiving foreign assistance has been recognized throughout the entire history of the country as something that is counter to and undermines the Constitution, that is an invitation ... to Russian intelligence and any other intelligence service that's out there that wants to try to find a way to influence our democratic processes.

5. Charlie Rose Snags Sean Penn:

   Nobody found him before they did. We are not smarter than the DEA, or Mexican intelligence. We had a contact upon which we were able to facilitate an invitation.

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