invitation |ˌinviˈtā sh ən| nouna written or verbal request inviting someone to go somewhere or to do something : a wedding invitation.
• the action of inviting someone to go somewhere or to do something : a club with membership by invitation only | an herb garden where guests can go only at the invitation of the chef.
• [in sing. ] a situation or action that tempts someone to do something or makes a particular outcome likely : tactics like those of the colonel would have been an invitation to disaster.
ORIGIN late Middle English : from French, or from Latin invitatio(n-),
from invitare (see invite ).
Thesaurus
invitation noun
1 an invitation to dinner request to attend, call, summons; offer; card, note; informal invite.
2 an open door is an invitation to encouragement, provocation, temptation, lure, magnet, bait, enticement, attraction, allure; informal come-on.
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