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Rsvp - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As an initialism RSVP

is initialism of reply please|lang=en written on an invitation to request that the invited person reply to confirm whether or not they will be attending.

As a noun RSVP

is a reply to an invitation.

As a verb RSVP

is to reply to an invitation.

rsvp

English

Alternative forms

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Initialism

(Initialism) (en noun)
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  • Usage notes

    Properly, used by itself, but often used in the redundant form “please RSVP”, “RSVP” being used to mean “reply to an invitation”. Such redundancy is an example of (RAS syndrome).

    Coordinate terms

    * regrets only

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A reply to an invitation.
  • Verb

  • To reply to an invitation.
  • Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.