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# invasive

«invasive» in Mova's school dictionary: **An invasive plant or animal spreads into a place where it…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (invasive)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An invasive plant or animal spreads into a place where it does not belong and harms the plants and animals already living there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invasive/#m1)

2) An invasive illness, such as some cancers, spreads into other parts of the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invasive/#m2)

3) An invasive medical test or operation goes inside the body, by cutting or putting something in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invasive/#m3)

4) Invasive questions or actions go too far into someone's private life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invasive/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography: «invasive species» like cane toads in Australia, grey squirrels in the UK, Japanese knotweed. In health: «non-invasive test». In everyday life: «invasive questions», privacy online. It tells the reader that something pushes in where it should not.

### examples

- Cane toads are an invasive species in Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invasive/#x1)
- Grey squirrels are invasive in Britain and push out red squirrels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invasive/#x2)
- The doctor said the scan is non-invasive and will not hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invasive/#x3)
- Asking how much money someone earns can feel invasive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invasive/#x4)
- Japanese knotweed is an invasive plant that is hard to remove. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invasive/#x5)
- Invasive weeds choked the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invasive/#x6)
- Some apps collect invasive amounts of data. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invasive/#x7)

### note

From the verb «invade». Opposite: non-invasive, native (for species). Pronounced in-VAY-siv.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «invasive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invasive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.