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invitation

noun US /ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/

a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,670 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,253 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

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

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

invitation in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • She had written him soon after--an invitation for a week-end at her mother's camp in the woods.

    The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1

  • Three months of great happiness followed, when Militza received one day an invitation to visit her mother’s sister.

    The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1

  • The little girl accepted the invitation, and found herself immediately transported into the corolla of a beautiful white lily.

    Piccolissima · Adélaïde de Montgolfier · Chapter 1

  • Caesar never offered to walk with him: and he refused John's timid invitation to have food at the "Tudor Creameries."

    The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1

  • The message went the rounds, everybody accepted the invitation, and Elsie's orders for the day to cook and housekeeper, were given accordingly.

    Christmas with Grandma Elsie · Martha Finley · Chapter 1

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