invitation.
The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
Meaning & usage
The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend
A document or verbal message conveying an invitation.
We need to print off fifty invitations for the party.
Allurement; enticement.
A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.
The brief exhortation introducing the confession in the Anglican communion-office.
A bid that tells one's partner that game or slam is likely if their hand is at the strong end of what they have indicated.
Where this word comes from
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).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.