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Associations to the word «Invitation»

Wiktionary

INVITATION, noun. The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
INVITATION, noun. A document written or printed, or spoken words, conveying the message by which one is invited.
INVITATION, noun. Allurement; enticement.
INVITATION, noun. (fencing) A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.

Dictionary definition

INVITATION, noun. A request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away".
INVITATION, noun. A tempting allurement; "she was an invitation to trouble".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats