invade
part of speech
verb (invade, invades, invaded, invading); noun (invasion, invader)
meaning for a pupil
1) To invade a country or place is to enter it with an army in order to take control of it. tree →
2) To invade can mean to come into a place in large numbers, often unwelcome: ants invaded the kitchen. tree →
3) To invade someone's privacy or personal space is to get too close or poke into things that are theirs. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons, invasions shape whole topics: the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans invaded Britain; in today's news, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is reported as such by most countries and condemned in UN votes. In science, germs and invasive species (like grey squirrels in Britain or cane toads in Australia) «invade» habitats. In everyday life, children learn to respect personal space and privacy. Phrases: «invade a country», «invade someone's privacy», «invasive species», «invaders».
examples
- Now the bands of the Moabites used to invade the land at the coming in of the year. (Prophets 2KI.13.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom Thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not; (Writings 2CH.20.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- The Romans invaded Britain and built roads and towns. tree →
- The Vikings invaded from across the North Sea. tree →
- Ants invaded our picnic. tree →
- Please don't invade my personal space. tree →
- Reading my diary is invading my privacy! tree →
- Germs invade the body and make us ill. tree →
- Cane toads have invaded large parts of Australia. tree →
- I have often heard how they invade this land, kill and rob the people, and carry off all they can find. tree →
note
Noun forms: «invasion» (the act), «invader» (the person or army). Adjective: «invasive». Drop the e: «invading». In history and news, ask who invaded whom and what each side says.
In the corpora
- Now the bands of the Moabites used to invade the land at the coming in of the year.
- Kublai Khan's fleets twice tried to invade Japan, in 1274 and 1281, and both attempts failed, partly because of storms.
- Then China broke apart under warlords, students marched in 1919, and Japan invaded, in 1931 and fully in 1937.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «invade» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.