Meaning & use

RSVPing

verb·Everyday

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Responding to a formal invitation to indicate whether one will attend.

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I spent the morning RSVPing to all of the wedding invitations.

Have you finished RSVPing for the class reunion yet?

A note on using this word

Derived from the French phrase 'répondez s'il vous plaît'; using RSVP as a verb, complete with '-ing,' is informal but widespread.

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replyingconfirmingresponding

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