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invasion

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɪnˈveɪʒən/
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  • rhymes with -eɪʒən
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N V EY1 ZH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A military action consisting of a large armed force of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The entry without consent of an individual or group into an area where they are not wanted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • an invasion of mobile phones
  • an invasion of bees
  • an invasion of foreign tourists

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: descent

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The spread of cancer cells, bacteria and such to the organism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The breaching of the skin barrier.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: penetration, incursion

Narrower terms: inroad

6

noun

Meaning 6

(pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the tumor's invasion of surrounding structures

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spread, spreading

7

noun

Meaning 7

any entry into an area not previously occupied

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an invasion of tourists
  • an invasion of locusts

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: encroachment, intrusion

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: entrance, entering

History

Etymology

From Middle French invasion, from Late Latin invāsiōnem, accusative of invāsiō.

Across languages

Translations

153 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: invasie — military action
  • Albanian: pushtim — military action
  • Arabic: غَزْو (ḡazw) — military action
  • Arabic: إِغَارَة (ʔiḡāra) — military action
  • Arabic: اِنْتِهَاك (intihāk) — military action
  • Arabic: تَجَاوُز (tajāwuz) — military action
  • Arabic: تَهَاجُم (tahājum) — military action
  • Armenian: ներխուժում (nerxužum) — military action
  • Armenian: արշավանք (aršavankʻ) — military action
  • Asturian: invasión — military action
  • Azerbaijani: işğal — military action
  • Azerbaijani: təcavüz — military action
  • Azerbaijani: müdaxilə — military action
  • Basque: inbasio — military action
  • Belarusian: уварва́нне (uvarvánnje) — military action
  • Belarusian: інва́зія (invázija) — military action
  • Bengali: আক্রমণ (akromon) — military action
  • Bulgarian: инва́зия (invázija) — military action
  • Bulgarian: наше́ствие (našéstvie) — military action
  • Bulgarian: агре́сия (agrésija) — military action
  • Burmese: ဝင်ရောက်စွက်ဖက်မှု (wang-raukcwakhpakhmu.) — military action
  • Burmese: ကျူးကျော် (kyu:kyau) — military action
  • Carpathian Rusyn: інва́зія (invázija) — military action
  • Catalan: invasió — military action
  • Chinese Cantonese: 侵占 (cam1 zim3) — military action
  • Chinese Cantonese: 佔領 /占领 (zim3 ling5) — military action
  • Chinese Cantonese: 侵略 (cam1 loek6) — military action
  • Chinese Cantonese: 入侵 (jap6 cam1) — military action
  • Chinese Cantonese: 侵入 (cam1 jap6) — military action
  • Chinese Mandarin: 侵占 (qīnzhàn) — military action
  • Chinese Mandarin: 佔領 /占领 (zhànlǐng) — military action
  • Chinese Mandarin: 侵略 (qīnlüè) — military action
  • Chinese Mandarin: 入侵 (rùqīn) — military action
  • Chinese Mandarin: 侵入 (qīnrù) — military action
  • Czech: invaze — military action
  • Czech: vpád — military action
  • Danish: invasion — military action
  • Dutch: invasie — military action
  • Dutch: inval — military action
  • Esperanto: invado — military action
  • Estonian: sissetungi — military action
  • Estonian: invasioon — military action
  • Faroese: hertøka — military action
  • Finnish: invaasio — military action
  • Finnish: maahantunkeutuminen — military action
  • French: invasion — military action
  • Galician: invasión — military action
  • Georgian: შემოსევა (šemoseva) — military action
  • Georgian: შემოჭრა (šemoč̣ra) — military action
  • German: Invasion — military action
  • German: Überfall — military action
  • German: Einfall — military action
  • German: Einmarsch — military action
  • Greek: εισβολή (eisvolí) — military action
  • Ancient Greek: εἰσβολή (eisbolḗ) — military action
  • Hebrew: פְּלִישָׁה (plishá) — military action
  • Hindi: आक्रमण (ākramaṇ) — military action
  • Hindi: हमला (hamlā) — military action
  • Hindi: मुदाख़लत (mudāxalat) — military action
  • Hungarian: invázió — military action
  • Icelandic: innrás — military action
  • Indonesian: invasi — military action
  • Indonesian: serbuan — military action
  • Indonesian: serangan — military action
  • Italian: invasione — military action
  • Italian: calata — military action
  • Japanese: 侵略 (shinryaku) — military action
  • Japanese: 侵攻 (shinkō) — military action
  • Japanese: 侵入 (shinnyū) — military action
  • Kazakh: басып кіру (basyp kıru) — military action
  • Khmer: ការលុកលុយ (kaa luk luy) — military action
  • Khmer: អធិក្រម (ʼaʼthikrɑm) — military action
  • Korean: 침입 (chimip) — military action
  • Korean: 침공 (chimgong) — military action
  • Korean: 침략 (chimnyak) — military action
  • Central Kurdish: داگیرکردن (dagîrkirdin) — military action
  • Northern Kurdish: tecawiz — military action
  • Northern Kurdish: destdirêjî — military action
  • Kyrgyz: басып кирүү (basıp kirüü) — military action
  • Lao: ການບຸກລຸກ (kān buk luk) — military action
  • Lao: ການຮົກຮານ (kān hok hān) — military action
  • Lao: ການຮຸກຮານ (kān huk hān) — military action
  • Latin: incursiō — military action
  • Latin: invasiō — military action
  • Latvian: invāzija — military action
  • Lithuanian: invazija — military action
  • Lithuanian: įsiveržimas — military action
  • Luxembourgish: Amarsch — military action
  • Luxembourgish: Invasioun — military action
  • Macedonian: инвазија (invazija) — military action
  • Macedonian: упад (upad) — military action
  • Macedonian: наезда (naezda) — military action
  • Malay: invasi — military action
  • Malayalam: അധിനിവേശം (adhinivēśaṁ) — military action
  • Maltese: invażjoni — military action
  • Māori: whakaekenga — military action
  • Mongolian: халдлага (xaldlaga) — military action
  • Mongolian: довтолгоон (dovtolgoon) — military action
  • Mongolian: түрэмгийлэл (türemgiilel) — military action
  • Nepali: आक्रमण (ākramaṇ) — military action
  • Norwegian Bokmål: invasjon — military action
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: invasjon — military action
  • Occitan: invasion — military action
  • Old English: infaru — military action
  • Oromo: weerara — military action
  • Pashto: تجاوز (tajāwoz) — military action
  • Pashto: تهاجم (tahājom) — military action
  • Iranian Persian: تَهاجُم (tahâjom) — military action
  • Iranian Persian: تَجاوُز (tajâvoz) — military action
  • Iranian Persian: مُداخِلِه (modâxele) — military action
  • Polish: inwazja — military action
  • Polish: najazd — military action
  • Portuguese: invasão — military action
  • Punjabi: ਹਮਲਾ (hamlā) — military action
  • Romanian: invazie — military action
  • Russian: вторже́ние (vtoržénije) — military action
  • Russian: наше́ствие (našéstvije) — military action
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝнва̄зија — military action
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìnvāzija — military action
  • Sinhalese: ආක්රමණය කිරීමයි (ākramaṇaya kirīmayi) — military action
  • Sinhalese: ආක්රමණය (ākramaṇaya) — military action
  • Slovak: invázia — military action
  • Slovak: vpád — military action
  • Slovene: invazija — military action
  • Spanish: invasión — military action
  • Swedish: invasion — military action
  • Tajik: таҳоҷум (tahojum) — military action
  • Tajik: таҷовуз (tajovuz) — military action
  • Tajik: мудохила (mudoxila) — military action
  • Tamil: படையெடுப்பு (paṭaiyeṭuppu) — military action
  • Tatar: һөҗүм (höcüm) — military action
  • Tatar: басып керү (basıp kerü) — military action
  • Tatar: бәреп керү (bärep kerü) — military action
  • Telugu: ఆక్రమణ (ākramaṇa) — military action
  • Thai: การบุกรุก (gaan-bùk-rúk) — military action
  • Thai: การรุกราน (gaan-rúk-raan) — military action
  • Tibetan: བཙན་འཛུལ (btsan 'dzul) — military action
  • Turkish: saldırı — military action
  • Turkish: işgal — military action
  • Turkish: tecâvüz — military action
  • Turkish: müdahale — military action
  • Turkmen: basgyn — military action
  • Turkmen: çozuş — military action
  • Ukrainian: вто́ргнення (vtórhnennja) — military action
  • Ukrainian: інва́зія (invázija) — military action
  • Urdu: حَمْلَہ (hamla) — military action
  • Urdu: مُداخَلَت (mudāxalat) — military action
  • Uyghur: تاجاۋۇز (tajawuz) — military action
  • Uzbek: tajovuz — military action
  • Uzbek: istilo — military action
  • Vietnamese: sự xâm lược — military action
  • Vietnamese: sự xâm chiếm — military action
  • Welsh: goresgyniad — military action
Real reading context

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