invade
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈveɪd/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: inveighed
- Rhymes: -eɪd
Verb
invade (third-person singular simple present invades, present participle invading, simple past and past participle invaded)
- (transitive) to move into
- Under some circumstances police are allowed to invade a person's privacy.
- Edmund Spenser
- Which becomes a body, and doth then invade / The state of life, out of the grisly shade.
- (transitive) to enter by force in order to conquer
- Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.
- (transitive) To infest or overrun
- The picnic was invaded by ants.
- to attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate
- The king invaded the rights of the people.
- to make an unwelcome or uninvited visit or appearance, usually with an intent to cause trouble or some other unpleasant situation
Antonyms
- (move into): evade
Related terms
- See also: in-#Related terms
▼ <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*weh%E2%82%82d%CA%B0-' title='Category:English terms derived from the PIE root *weh₂dʰ-'>English terms derived from the PIE root *weh₂dʰ-</a> (0 c, 11 e)
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/evade' title='evade'>evade</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/evasion' title='evasion'>evasion</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/invade' title='invade'>invade</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/invader' title='invader'>invader</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/invasion' title='invasion'>invasion</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/invasive' title='invasive'>invasive</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/pervade' title='pervade'>pervade</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/pervader' title='pervader'>pervader</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/pervasive' title='pervasive'>pervasive</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/waddle' title='waddle'>waddle</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/wade' title='wade'>wade</a>
Translations
to move into
to enter by force in order to conquer
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to infest or overrun
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imˈbade/, [ĩmˈbaðe]
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