noun
pl. RSVP's or RSVPs a reply to an invitation
Origin of RSVP
from RSVPintransitive verb
RSVP'd or RSVPd, RSVP'ing or RSVPing to reply to an invitation
Guests invited to weddings are usually asked to RSVP to the event.
RSVP is defined as an acronym for the French phrase ;Répondez S'il Vous Plaît which means "please reply" and is included in invitations when the host of a party wants you to tell him whether you are going to the party.
An example of RSVP are letters found at the bottom of a dinner party invitation that indicate you should call the host and tell him if you are, or are not, coming to the dinner.
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RSVP
Origin of RSVP
French abbreviation, abbreviated of répondez s'il vous plaît please replyalso R.S.V.P.
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RSVP
abbreviation
Frenchrépondez s'il vous plaît (please reply)
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Verb
- (informal) To respond to an invitation, usually to indicate that one will be coming to the corresponding event.
- Will you rsvp for the party?
- When did you rsvp to the wedding invitation?
Usage notes
Generally one rsvps to invitations and rsvps for events, as in the example sentences provided. An RSVP regrets only means that the sender will assume the invited people will come unless they reply.
Origin
From French, répondez (“answer") s'il vous plaît (“please").
Initialism
(plural RSVPs)
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.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present RSVPs, present participle RSVPing, simple past and past participle RSVPed or RSVP'd)
- (intransitive) To reply to an invitation.
Origin
From the French RSVP, répondez s'il vous plaît, meaning “reply please".
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rsvp - Computer Definition
In the TCP/IP protocol suite, a Transport Layer (Layer 4) control protocol that operates on a hop-by-hop basis in order to signal quality of service (QoS) requirements for unicast and multicast data flows to each node and, thereby, reserve the necessary per-session resources from end-to-end across an Internet Protocol (IP) network. RSVP can operate in conjunction with other QoS protocols, including DiffServ and MPLS, to effect service discrimination. See also DiffServ, hop, IP, MPLS, multicast, node, protocol, protocol suite, QoS, session, TCP/IP, Transport Layer, and unicast.
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(ReSerVation Protocol) A communications protocol that signals a router to reserve bandwidth for real-time transmission. RSVP is designed to clear a path for audio and video traffic, eliminating annoying skips and hesitations. It has been sanctioned by the IETF, because audio and video traffic is constantly increasing on the Internet. See RTP and COPS.
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