English noun: invitation | |||
1. | invitation (communication) a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something | ||
Samples | An invitation to lunch. She threw the invitation away. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | asking, letter, missive, request | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bidding, invite, summons | ||
2. | invitation (attribute) a tempting allurement | ||
Samples | She was an invitation to trouble. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | allure, allurement, temptingness | ||