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How to spell invitation

Invitation is spelled I-N-V-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.

hear itin·vi·ta·tion/,ɪnvɪ'teɪʃən/nounLong vowels

What it means: A request to participate or be present.

In a sentence: I received an invitation to a birthday party.

The part people get wrong

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Same family: invited, inviting, invites, invitingly. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Invitation” comes from Latin *invitationem*, from *invitare*, meaning “to invite, to entertain.” The -tion ending is a common Latin-based suffix in English that turns verbs into nouns describing an action or event.

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