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# invitation

«invitation» in Mova's school dictionary: **a request, spoken or written, asking someone to come to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an invitation, invitations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An invitation is a request, spoken or written, asking someone to come to an event like a party, wedding or meal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invitation/#m1)

2) An invitation is a card or message with this request. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invitation/#m2)

3) An invitation to do something is a request or chance to do it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invitation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In manners lessons, when you receive an invitation you reply (RSVP) to say if you can come, and thank the person; if it is a class party, it is kind to invite everyone or give invitations privately. In writing lessons, pupils write invitations with who, what, when, where and why. Phrases: «send an invitation», «accept an invitation», «turn down an invitation», «party invitation», «by invitation only».

### examples

- I got an invitation to Mia's birthday party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invitation/#x1)
- Please reply to the invitation by Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invitation/#x2)
- We wrote invitations for the class play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invitation/#x3)
- Thank you for the invitation! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invitation/#x4)
- She accepted the invitation to speak at assembly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invitation/#x5)
- The party is by invitation only. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invitation/#x6)
- An invitation should say the date, time and place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invitation/#x7)
- Leaving the door open was an invitation to the cat to come in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invitation/#x8)
- I accept your kind invitation with many thanks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invitation/#x9)

### note

Plural invitations. Verb: invite («Will you invite me?»). Informal noun: «an invite». «RSVP» on an invitation (from French) means «please reply». Do not go to a party if you are not invited, unless the host says it's fine.

### In the corpora

- [An invitation from the Queen to play croquet."](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/9/)
- [Badger tells him there must be a Banquet to celebrate, and Toad must spend the morning writing the invitations.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/1/)
- [wǒ jiā («waw JYAH») means my home and my family; «dào wǒ jiā» is a real invitation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/9-family-mum-dad-brothers-sisters/13/)
- ["Refreshments" on an invitation can politely mean alcoholic drinks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/8/)
- [A play bow, with the front legs down and the bottom up, is a dog's invitation to play.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/21-reading-a-dog/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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