invitation
The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
Example
“an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend”
Other meanings
A document or verbal message conveying an invitation.
“We need to print off fifty invitations for the party.”
Allurement; enticement.
Related words
- disinvitation
- invitational
- reinvitation
- uninvitation
- unvitation
- e-invitation
- invitation envelope
- open invitation
- do you need an invitation
Word history
From Latin "invītātio".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “invitation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.