Invitation Meaning
/ɪn.vɪˈteɪ.ʃən/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
nounA document or verbal message conveying an invitation.
Sentence Examples
Say what you will, he won't accept your invitation.
I am glad to accept your invitation.
She sent a formal invitation to all her close friends.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She received a formal ____ to the wedding ceremony that will take place next month.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We received a gold-trimmed ____ to the wedding of our close friends, which will take place in July.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English invitacioun, ynvytacioun, from Latin invītātio, reinforced by Middle French invitation. By surface analysis, invite + -ation. Displaced native Middle English lathinge from Old English laþung (see dialectal English lathing).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum."
— 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
"I assume also that opener would have shown no interest in slam by either bidding 4NT or 50 after the slam invitation of 46."
— 2001, Matthew Granovetter, Pamela Granovetter, The Best of Bridge Today Digest, page 113:
"To any other invitation made by the captain, acceptance or refusal of the invitation is exclusively a question of points within the range advertised in the opening statement, and the invitation is always in the last called suit."
— 2011, Gerard Cohen, Bridge Is a Conversation: Part I: the Auction, page 71:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She received a formal ____ to the wedding ceremony that will take place next month.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
We received a gold-trimmed ____ to the wedding of our close friends, which will take place in July.