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invitation

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English

Etymology

From Middle English invitacioun, ynvytacioun, from Latin invītātio, reinforced by Middle French invitation. Displaced native Middle English lathinge from Old English laþung (see dialectal English lathing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪn.vɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

invitation (countable and uncountable, plural invitations)

  1. 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
    • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
      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.
  2. A document or verbal message conveying an invitation.
    We need to print off fifty invitations for the party.
  3. Allurement; enticement.
  4. (fencing) A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.
  5. (Christianity) The brief exhortation introducing the confession in the Anglican communion-office.
  6. (bridge) 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.
    • 2001, Matthew Granovetter, Pamela Granovetter, The Best of Bridge Today Digest, page 113:
      I assume also that opener would have shown no interest in slam by either bidding 4NT or 50 after the slam invitation of 46.
    • 2011, Gerard Cohen, Bridge Is a Conversation: Part I: the Auction, page 71:
      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.

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin invitātiō. By surface analysis, inviter +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

Noun

invitation f (plural invitations)

  1. invitation

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

Noun

invitation (plural invitationes)

  1. invitation

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