Invitation

Definition

invitation / ÇnvÇ'teÇʃn / n ၁။ [U] ဖိတ္ၾကားျခင္း။ a letter of invitation ❍ give a concert at the invitation of the British Council ❍ Admission is by invitation only. ❍ ( sport ) an invitation event / tournament (ie one in which only invited competiors may take part). ၂။ [C] ~ (to sb) (to sth / to do sth) ဖိတ္စာ။ ဖိတ္ၾကားခ်က္။ ဖိတ္ေခၚမႈ။ send out invitations to the party ❍ an invitation card ❍ I accepted / declined their invitation to join the tennis club. ၃။ [C usu sing ] ~ to sb / sth ( to do sth ) ဖိတ္ေခၚမႈ။ An unlocked door is an (open) invitation to burglars (to walk in). ❑ invitational / -ʃǝnl / adj , n ( esp US sport ) ဖိတ္ေခၚ ၿပိဳင္ပြဲ။

Examples

1. The wedding invitations went out yesterday.
2. [invitation to] : Nobody in the office had received an invitation to the party.
3. [invitation to do something] : She has received an invitation to join a new environmental policy body.
4. [decline/refuse an invitation] : The senator declined our invitation to comment on the allegations.
5. [standing/long-standing/open invitation] : The former president has accepted a long-standing invitation to address the conference.
6. [invitation to] : He described the low wages paid to police officers as almost an invitation to corruption.
7. [an (open) invitation to do something] : The banks will take the minister’s comments as an open invitation to charge their customers higher rates.