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vɪˈteɪ noun
1.
the act of inviting.
3.
something offered as a suggestion: an invitation to consider a business merger.
4.
attraction or incentive; allurement.
5.
a provocation: The speech was an invitation to rebellion.
adjective
6.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. the act of inviting, such as an offer of entertainment or hospitality |
| b. (as modifier): an invitation dance; an invitation race | |
| 2. | the act of enticing or attracting; allurement |
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Word Origin & History
invitation
mid-15c., from L. invitationem (nom. invitatio) "invitation," from invitatus, pp. of invitare "invite, treat, entertain," originally "be pleasant toward," from in- "toward," second element obscure, one suggestion is a lost word *vitus "pleasant." Meaning "the spoken or written form in which a person
is invited" is from 1610s.
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