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invitation

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in·vi·ta·tion  (nv-tshn)
n.
1. The act of inviting.
2. A spoken or written request for someone's presence or participation.
3. An allurement, enticement, or attraction.
4. See altar call.

invitation
Noun
1. a request to attend a dance, meal, etc.
2. the card or paper on which an invitation is written
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.invitationinvitation - a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away"
letter, missive - a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"
asking, request - the verbal act of requesting
summons, bidding - a request to be present; "they came at his bidding"
invite - a colloquial expression for invitation; "he didn't get no invite to the party"
2.invitation - a tempting allurement; "she was an invitation to trouble"
allure, temptingness, allurement - the power to entice or attract through personal charm

invitation
noun 1. request, call, invite (informal) bidding, summons
Translations
Spanish invitation [ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən] ninvitación f;
at sb's invitation → a invitación de algn;
by invitation only → solamente por invitación

French invitation [ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən] ninvitation f;
by invitation only → sur invitation;
at sb's invitation → à la demande de qn

German invitation [ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən] nEinladung f;
by invitation only → nur auf Einladung;
at sb's invitation → auf jds Aufforderung acc (hin)

Italian invitation [ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən] ninvito;
by invitation only → esclusivamente su or per invito;
at sb's invitation → dietro invito di qn

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We returned a suitable answer to this affectionate Note and after thanking her for her kind invitation assured her that we would certainly avail ourselves of it, whenever we might have no other place to go to.
MY DEAR BROTHER,--I can no longer refuse myself the pleasure of profiting by your kind invitation when we last parted of spending some weeks with you at Churchhill, and, therefore, if quite convenient to you and Mrs.
At the close of my school year in Washington I was very pleasantly surprised to receive, from a committee of three white people in Charleston, an invitation to canvass the state in the interests of that city.
 
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