Used in a Sentence

invitation

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for invitation.

Editorial note

If anyone here would like an invitation to the Convox #public Slack channel please email me at matt@convox.com.

Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of invitation gathered in one view.

noun

The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.

noun

A document or verbal message conveying an invitation.

noun

Allurement; enticement.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for invitation.

noun

The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.

noun

A document or verbal message conveying an invitation.

noun

Allurement; enticement.

noun

(bridge) A bid that tells one's partner that game or slam is likely if their hand is at the strong end of what they have indicated.

Example sentences

1

If anyone here would like an invitation to the Convox #public Slack channel please email me at matt@convox.com.

2

The specific baseless suggestion for this post: Ben Carson wants to kill gays (because he accepted an invitation).

3

You can stop them for that one person's 'invitation', but invariably someone else will start the process over again.

4

Now all they get is an invitation to an app store or a monthly payment plan.

5

With the invitation system they can smooth-out demand and prevent peaks until manufacturing is well underway.

6

But huge pools of data are a temptation to break trust in the way that leaving a gun in the middle of the street is an invitation to steal it.

7

It misses the odd linkedin invitation, but it's not like it was catching it before...

8

He initially declined the invitation saying that it would benefit only private school students.

9

Can someone please send a Keybase invitation to: keybase-please@Safe-mail.net This help would be appreciated.

10

Having a usb outside is invitation to do something with it.

11

Open to interpretation- when someone claims they don't know what something is, I interpret that as an invitation to explanation, exposition.

12

I lost a job application because the interview invitation ended up into my spam filter.

Quote examples

1

I had a desk in an open office, and for some reason that meant the project manager had an open invitation to walk up to my desk repeatedly throughout the day bugging me with brain-dead questions and pointless "standups".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use invitation in a sentence?

If anyone here would like an invitation to the Convox #public Slack channel please email me at matt@convox.com.

What does invitation mean?

The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.

What part of speech is invitation?

invitation is commonly used as noun.