invitation
US: /ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/
UK: /ɪnvɪtˈeɪʃən/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
invitation /,invi'teiʃn/- danh từ
- sự mời, lời mời, giấy mời
- cái lôi cuốn, cái hấp dẫn
- sự chuốc lấy, sự mua láy (bóng), sự tự gây cho mình
- an invitation for trouble: sự chuốc lấy điều phiền luỵ
- định ngữ
- (thể dục,thể thao) dành cho người được mời, dành cho đội được mời
- an invitation competition: cuộc thi dành cho những người được mời, cuộc thi dành cho những đội được mời
- (thể dục,thể thao) dành cho người được mời, dành cho đội được mời
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [C] ~ (to sth / to do sth) a spoken or written request to sb to do sth or to go somewhere: to issue / extend an invitation + to accept / turn down / decline an invitation + an invitation to the party + I have an open invitation (= not restricted to a particular date) to visit my friend in Japan.
2 [U] the act of inviting sb or of being invited: A concert was held at the invitation of the mayor. + Admission is by invitation only.
3 [C] a card or piece of paper that you use to invite sb to sth: Have you ordered the wedding invitations yet?
4 [sing.] ~ to sb (to do sth)
~ to sth something that encourages sb to do sth, usually sth bad: Leaving the doors unlocked is an open invitation to burglars.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 summons, request, call, bidding, Colloq invite:
I am still waiting for my invitation to their wedding.
2 attraction, inducement, allure, allurement, enticement, temptation, magnetism, bait, lure, draw, pull:
The possibility of going where no man had gone before was too great an invitation to ignore.
Collocation
ADJ.
kind | formal | open
We have an open invitation to use their holiday cottage whenever we like. (figurative) An unlocked door is an open invitation to any burglar.
| dinner, party, wedding
VERB + INVITATION
get, have, receive | accept, take sb up on, take up
We'd love to to take up your invitation to visit you some time.
| decline, refuse, turn down
I must sadly decline your generous invitation.
| extend
(formal),
issue, send, send out
PREP.
at sb's ~
He is here to give a concert at the invitation of the British Council.
| by ~
Membership of the club is by invitation only.
| from ~
We got a wedding invitation from Shashi and Len.
| to ~
Have you received your invitation to the exhibition? The head extended an invitation to all parents to come and see the school.
Concise dictionary
invitations‚ɪnvɪ'teɪʃnnoun
+a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
+a tempting allurement
