Invasion Definition
ĭn-vāzhən
noun
An invading or being invaded.
Webster's New World
The act of invading, especially the entrance of an armed force into a territory to conquer.
American Heritage
The entry into bodily tissue and subsequent proliferation of an injurious entity, such as a pathogen or tumor.
American Heritage Medicine
An intrusion or encroachment.
Your reading her diary was an invasion of her privacy.
American Heritage
(figuratively) The entry of a large group into a new area.
An invasion of mobile phones.
An invasion of bees.
An invasion of foreign tourists.
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Other Word Forms of Invasion
Noun
Singular:
invasion
Plural:
invasionsOrigin of Invasion
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Middle English invasioun from Old French invasion from Late Latin invāsiō invāsiōn- from invāsus past participle of invādere to invade invade
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French invasion, from Late Latin invāsiōnem, nominative of invāsiō.
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