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RSVP

or R.S.V.P.

[ ahr-es-vee-pee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

RSVPed or RSVP'd, RSVPing or RSVP'ing.

to reply to an invitation:
Don't forget to RSVP before Thursday.

noun

plural RSVP's.

a reply to an invitation:
He sent a lovely bouquet of flowers with his RSVP.
(used on an invitation to indicate that the favor of a reply is requested.)

RSVP

abbreviation for

répondez s'il vous plaît

R.S.V.P.

Please reply or answer. From the French, “répondez s'il vous plaît,” meaning “respond if you please.”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of RSVP¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; from French r(épondez) s('il) v(ous) p(laît), “please reply”; respond ( def ), rendezvous, please

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Word History and Origins

Origin of RSVP¹

French: please reply

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Our mistakes make us human, but admitting them brings us together, and in Ahn’s take on “The Wedding Banquet,” all imperfect parties are welcome to RSVP.

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Of those who RSVP’d to the tour, “at least half” aren’t members of the mammoth email bank the senator accumulated during his presidential bids, Sanders said.

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More than 500,000 people nationwide have RSVP’d to attend one of the 1,200 protests in all 50 states, an effort organized by Hands Off!,

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By the evening before the event, 300 people had RSVP’d.

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Mass emails keep supporters abreast of legal developments, with invitations to “RSVP” for hearings.

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