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invite
[ verb in-vahyt; noun in-vahyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to request the presence or participation of in a kindly, courteous, or complimentary way, especially to request to come or go to some place, gathering, entertainment, etc., or to do something:
to invite friends to dinner.
Synonyms:
- to request politely or formally:
to invite donations.
Synonyms:
- to act so as to bring on or render probable:
to invite accidents by fast driving.
- to call forth or give occasion for:
Those big shoes invite laughter.
- to attract, allure, entice, or tempt.
Synonyms: ,
verb (used without object)
- to give invitation; offer attractions or allurements.
noun
- Informal. an invitation.
invite
verb
- to ask (a person or persons) in a friendly or polite way (to do something, attend an event, etc)
he invited them to dinner
- to make a request for, esp publicly or formally
to invite applications
- to bring on or provoke; give occasion for
you invite disaster by your actions
- to welcome or tempt
noun
- an informal word for invitation
Derived Forms
- ˈٱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ··ٱ [in-vi-, tee, -vahy-], noun
- ·İ ·tǰ noun
- i·ٱ verb (used with object) preinvited preinviting
- ܲȴ-·Ļ adjective
- i·ٱ verb reinvited reinviting
- -·Ļ adjective
- ܲi·Ļ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of invite1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of invite1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The Dodgers earned the privilege of being invited to the White House, a place of great historical significance to our country.
The party's financial situation remained perilous, and they needed to assure the invited audience that their alliance would remain useful even after the Communists had been defeated or destroyed.
Speaking on Radio 4's Today programme, Tossici-Bolt said: "It was nothing to do with protesting, harassing or intimidating. It was inviting a conversation."
The hotel owner persuades the girls to invite Valentin and his buddies to a party the night before they are scheduled to leave.
Ladies Day is traditionally one of the biggest days in Liverpool's social calendar when women - and men - are invited to dress to impress.
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