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A door someone holds open, daring you to either walk through or invent an excuse.
means A spoken or written request asking someone to come somewhere or take part in something.
from From the Latin invitare, "to invite" — itself of uncertain deeper root, possibly tied to a sense of being agreeable or welcoming. It strolled into English through the noun invitatio, the formal act of bidding someone come, arriving via French sometime in the 1500s.
- latin root
- From invitare, meaning to entertain or summon
- power move
- The plus-one quietly reveals who outranks whom
- psychology
- Saying no costs more social energy than yes
- wedding economics
- Each printed card weighs guests' entire friendship
for instance
burning man gate entry — 70,000 people receive invitations to the annual nevada desert festival
met gala — about 600 guests invited annually to the metropolitan museum's fundraising ball in new york