invitation

UK: /ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃ^ən/ US: /ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/ ,(in′vi tā′shən)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•vi•ta•tion /ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/   n. 

1. [uncountable] the act of inviting.
2. the written or spoken form with which a person is invited:
   [countable] a wedding invitation.
3. something that attracts or encourages an action;
   incentive;
   provocation:
   [countable] an invitation to disaster.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•vi•ta•tion  (in′vi tā′shən), n. 

1. the act of inviting.
2. the written or spoken form with which a person is invited.
3. something offered as a suggestion:
   an invitation to consider a business merger.
4. attraction or incentive;
   allurement.
5. a provocation:
   The speech was an invitation to rebellion.

adj. 

6. invitational.

• Latin invītātiōn- (stem of invītātiō), equivalent. to invītāt(us) (past participle of invītāre to invite) + -iōn- -ion
• 1590–1600

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

invitation / ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/ noun

1. the act of inviting, such as an offer of entertainment or hospitality
2. (as modifier): an invitation dance, an invitation race
3. the act of enticing or attracting; allurement