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- Dictionaryinvasion/ɪnˈveɪʒn/
noun
- 1. an instance of invading a country or region with an armed force: "Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812" Similar Opposite
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an action or process that affects someone's life in an unpleasant and unwanted way: an invasion of privacy. Fewer examples. The D-Day invasion was a concerted exercise by the armed forces of Britain, the US and Canada. The ancient Britons inhabited these parts of England before the Roman invasion.
The meaning of INVASION is an act of invading; especially : incursion of an army for conquest or plunder. How to use invasion in a sentence.
an action or process that affects someone's life in an unpleasant and unwanted way: an invasion of privacy. Fewer examples. The D-Day invasion was a concerted exercise by the armed forces of Britain, the US and Canada. The ancient Britons inhabited these parts of England before the Roman invasion.
noun. an act or instance of invading or entering as an enemy, especially by an army. the entrance or advent of anything troublesome or harmful, as disease. entrance as if to take possession or overrun: the annual invasion of the resort by tourists. infringement by intrusion. invasion.
5 meanings: 1. the act of invading with armed forces 2. any encroachment or intrusion 3. the onset or advent of something.... Click for more definitions.
An invasion is the movement of an army into a region, usually in a hostile attack that's part of a war or conflict. World history is full of descriptions of invasions. One country's army plundering or taking over a city or piece of land in another country is an invasion.
noun. /ɪnˈveɪʒn/ [countable, uncountable] the act of an army entering another country by force in order to take control of it. the German invasion of Poland in 1939. the threat of invasion. an invasion force/fleet. Collocations War and peace. Extra Examples. Topics History b2, War and conflict b2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
1. The act of invading, especially the entrance of an armed force into a territory to conquer. 2. The entry into bodily tissue and subsequent proliferation of an injurious entity, such as a pathogen or tumor. 3. An intrusion or encroachment: Your reading her diary was an invasion of her privacy.
INVASION meaning: 1 : the act of invading something: such as; 2 : the act of entering a place in an attempt to take control of it.
to enter a place in large numbers, usually when unwanted and in order to take possession or do damage: Hundreds of squatters have invaded waste land in the hope that they will be allowed to stay. [ T ] to enter an area of activity in a forceful and noticeable way: Maria looks set to invade the music scene with her style and image. C2 [ T ]
