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- Dictionaryinvasive/ɪnˈveɪsɪv/
adjective
- 1. tending to spread very quickly and undesirably or harmfully: "patients suffering from invasive cancer"
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affecting someone's freedom or privacy (= the right to keep personal matters private) in a way that makes them uncomfortable or is not reasonable: Body scanning devices that were once considered too invasive of privacy are now common in airports. The survey should not include any invasive questions. Synonym. intrusive.
: tending to spread especially in a quick or aggressive manner: such as. a. of a non-native organism : growing and dispersing easily usually to the detriment of native species and ecosystems.
Anything invasive goes or grows where you don’t want it. An invasive procedure at the doctor hurts, and an invasive plant, like kudzu, grows all over the garden. And the yard.
Invasive definition: characterized by or involving invasion; offensive. See examples of INVASIVE used in a sentence.
You use invasive to describe something undesirable which spreads very quickly and which is very difficult to stop from spreading. They found invasive cancer during a routine examination. American English : invasive / ɪnˈveɪsɪv /
affecting someone's freedom or privacy (= the right to keep personal matters private) in a way that makes them uncomfortable or is not reasonable: Body scanning devices that were once considered too invasive of privacy are now common in airports. The survey should not include any invasive questions. Synonym. intrusive.
a. Of or relating to a disease or condition that has a tendency to spread, especially into healthy tissue: an invasive carcinoma. b. Of or relating to a medical procedure in which a part of the body is entered, as by puncture or incision. 3. Tending to spread widely in a habitat or ecosystem.
Definition of invasive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Of or relating to a medical procedure in which a part of the body is entered, as by puncture or incision. American Heritage Medicine. Similar definitions. More Adjective Definitions (4) Synonyms: invading. incursive. encroaching. trespassing. Antonyms: confined. noninvasive.
You use invasive to describe something undesirable that spreads very quickly and that is very difficult to stop from spreading. 2. An invasive medical procedure involves operating on a patient or examining the inside of their body.
