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UK
/ɪnvɪtˈeɪʃən/
]
[ US /ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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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
How To Use invitation In A Sentence
- Hawaii's golf-perfect weather is an appropriate location for the invitational Eat It 2001 Golf Tournament at the scenic Ko Olina course.
- Every protestation that she should go on this outing was clearly a plea for her to stay and resist the invitation.
- We'd be only too happy to accept your invitation.
- Mr. Robert Jackson (Wantage) (Labour): Will my right honourable friend accept an invitation to visit the Rutherford Appleton laboratory in my constituency to see the new Diamond synchrotron, which is nearing completion there? PRIME SINISTER'S QUESTIONS
- Kind and tempting was the invitation to prolong my stay at the See House; enticing was the prospect offered me of a visit to a seigneurie on the Ottawa; and it was with very great reluctance that, after a sojourn of only one day, I left this abode of refinement and hospitality, and the valued friends who had received me with so much kindness, for a tedious journey to New The Englishwoman in America
- Like the invitation to run together, he blurted out such things as if he were completely unaware of how they might be interpreted, with a guileless innocence that couldn't help but put me at ease.
- It was typical of Mishcon that he declined an invitation to attend the signing of the treaty. Times, Sunday Times
- After glittering premieres in London and Leeds, this was a much more low-key affair as the cinema only seats 250 people, so invitations were strictly limited.
- So here's an open invitation for him to enjoy it. Times, Sunday Times
- Some of the prophets' messages were invitations, such as when Haggai called the people to rebuild God's temple.