Definition of invitation
1a : the act of invitingb : an often formal request to be present or participate
2 : incentive, inducement
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Examples of invitation in a Sentence
We sent out more than 100 invitations for the party.
Recent Examples of invitation from the Web
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The wedding invitation is your names, together, in print: An announcement and an artifact.
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In the U.S. Girls Junior Championship, the top 10 chess players under the age of 21 participated by invitation.
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The watchdog organization has also declined an invitation to visit the Shayrat airbase on the grounds that Syria can furnish the information they need - flight logs, and air force personnel- without having to travel to Shayrat.
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Curry has accepted an invitation to play at the Ellie Mae Classic golf tournament, which begins Aug. 3 at TPC Stonebrae in Hayward, California, near his home base in the Bay Area of northern California.
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An email invitation will be sent out for online registration beginning tomorrow, June 27, for Season Ticket Holders and Wednesday, June 28, for Blue Pride Members.
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Anigbogu even decided to pass on a green-room invitation, apparently wisely.
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The CBC declined the invitation, stating the meeting would not be productive.
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Defensive pressure another player might regard as clawing and claustrophobic strikes Monk as an invitation to shoot.
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First Known Use of invitation
15th century
INVITATION Defined for English Language Learners
invitation
playDefinition of invitation for English Language Learners
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: a written or spoken request for someone to go somewhere or to do something
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: the act of inviting someone
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: something that encourages someone to do something or that makes something more likely to happen
INVITATION Defined for Kids
invitation
playDefinition of invitation for Students
1 : a written or spoken request for someone to go somewhere or do something
2 : the act of inviting
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See words that rhyme with invitation Spanish Central: Translation of invitation Nglish: Translation of invitation for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of invitation for Arabic speakers
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