invasion B1 Topic:War & Conflict US /ɪnˈveɪʒən/ See IPA manual Freq #5154 Meanings 1 noun The act of entering a country or area with an army to take control of it. The invasion began with planes bombing the capital city. 2 noun The arrival of people or things in large numbers where they are not wanted. Every summer the town faces an invasion of noisy tourists. 3 noun An unwanted interference with someone's privacy. Reading her diary was a serious invasion of her privacy. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · the arrival of people or... intrusion Word family Forms invasions Derived forms angioinvasionbioinvasionchemoinvasioncoinvasioncounterinvasioncyberinvasioncytoinvasioninvasininvasionalinvasionaryinvasionistlymphoinvasion Related forms intervasioninvadeinvader Etymology AI details From Middle French invasion, from Late Latin invāsiōnem, accusative of invāsiō. *weh₂dʰ- Proto-Indo-European invasion Middle French invāsiōnem la-lat View etymology graph -> Topics War & Conflict External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # invasion **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪnˈveɪʒən/ **Frequency rank:** 5154 ## Meanings 1. The act of entering a country or area with an army to take control of it. 2. The arrival of people or things in large numbers where they are not wanted. 3. An unwanted interference with someone's privacy. ## Examples - The invasion began with planes bombing the capital city. - Every summer the town faces an invasion of noisy tourists. - Reading her diary was a serious invasion of her privacy. ## Derived Forms - angioinvasion - bioinvasion - chemoinvasion - coinvasion - counterinvasion - cyberinvasion - cytoinvasion - invasin - invasional - invasionary - invasionist - lymphoinvasion ## Related Forms - intervasion - invade - invader ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *weh₂dʰ- - Root: invasion - Root: invāsiōnem ## Etymology From Middle French invasion, from Late Latin invāsiōnem, accusative of invāsiō. ## AI Etymology Invasion comes from Middle French invasion, from Late Latin invāsiōnem, accusative of invāsiō. The historical line also includes *weh₂dʰ-. ## Topics - War & Conflict markdown