invitation

1 عمومی:: وعده‌گیری‌، دعوت‌، وعده‌ خواهی‌، جلب‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general::   noun 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.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

2 general:: noun request: We received an invitation to a wedding. noun lure: Danger is an invitation to many men.

Simple Definitions

3 general:: invitation verbs get/receive an invitation • Did you get an invitation to Janet's party? have an invitation • The following week, I had an invitation to give a talk in Cambridge. accept an invitation • She accepted his invitation to dinner. take up somebody's invitation/take somebody up on their invitation (= accept someone's invitation ) • I decided to take them up on their invitation to dinner. refuse/turn down an invitation ( also decline an invitation formal ) • She turned down an invitation to take part in a televised debate. give somebody an invitation ( also issue/extend an invitation formal ) • He has issued an invitation to the Chinese president to come to Washington. send (somebody) an invitation • We sent out the invitations last week. thank somebody for an invitation • I'll have to write a letter thanking Martha for the invitation to her wedding. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + invitation a party/wedding invitation • He had a wedding invitation from Rob and Jen. a dinner/lunch invitation • Fred's wife has accepted the dinner invitation. a formal/official invitation • The president received a formal invitation to visit Nigeria. a personal invitation • Each parent was sent a personal invitation for the school's open day. somebody's kind invitation • It gives me great pleasure to accept your kind invitation. a special invitation • We received a special invitation to attend a reception at the embassy. an open/standing invitation (= an invitation to do something at any time you like ) • Phillip kindly gave me an open invitation to stay at his villa in Tuscany. a long-standing invitation (= an invitation which someone has had for a long time ) • He had accepted a long-standing invitation to address the conference. invitation + NOUN an invitation card (= a card with an invitation printed on it ) • Everyone entering will have to show an invitation card. phrases a flood of invitations (= a lot of invitations ) • He got a flood of invitations to appear on TV and radio shows.

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