invade
verb/ɪnˈveɪd/
/ɪnˈveɪd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they invade | /ɪnˈveɪd/ /ɪnˈveɪd/ |
| he / she / it invades | /ɪnˈveɪdz/ /ɪnˈveɪdz/ |
| past simple invaded | /ɪnˈveɪdɪd/ /ɪnˈveɪdɪd/ |
| past participle invaded | /ɪnˈveɪdɪd/ /ɪnˈveɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form invading | /ɪnˈveɪdɪŋ/ /ɪnˈveɪdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to enter a country, town, etc. using military force in order to take control of it
- Troops invaded on August 9th that year.
- invade something When did the Romans invade Britain?
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- [transitive] invade something to enter a place in large numbers, especially in a way that causes damage or problems
- Demonstrators invaded the government buildings.
- As the final whistle blew, fans began invading the pitch.
- The cancer cells may invade other parts of the body.
- [transitive] invade something to affect something in an unpleasant or annoying way
- Do the press have the right to invade her privacy in this way?
- You feel tense with worrying thoughts constantly invading your sleep.
see also invasion, invasive
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘attack or assault (a person)’): from Latin invadere, from in- ‘into’ + vadere ‘go’.
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