invade

English

Etymology

From Latin invādō (“enter, invade”).

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)

  1. (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.
  2. (transitive) To enter by force in order to conquer.
    Argentinian troops invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982.
    • 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club‎:
      When a typical gaffe has him invading the Beagle and trying to rob Charles Darwin (David Tennant), he learns that his beloved “parrot” Polly is actually a dodo bird.
  3. (transitive) To infest or overrun.
    The picnic was invaded by ants.
  4. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
    The king invaded the rights of the people.
  5. To make an unwelcome or uninvited visit or appearance, usually with an intent to cause trouble or some other unpleasant situation.

Antonyms

Translations

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

invade

  1. third-person singular present of invadere

Latin

Verb

invāde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of invādō

Portuguese

Verb

invade

  1. third-person singular present indicative of invadir
  2. second-person singular imperative of invadir

Spanish

Verb

invade

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of invadir.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of invadir.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of invadir.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.