invite
//ɪnˈvaɪt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- invite
- past (v2)
- invited
- past participle (v3)
- invited
- present participle
- inviting
- 3rd person singular
- invites
- Plural
- invites
Definitions
1.To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
- We invited our friends round for dinner.
2.To request formally.
- I invite you all to be seated.
- I always invite criticism of my essays.
3.To encourage.
- Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.
- The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster.
4.To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
- There no delusive hope invites despair.
1.An invitation.(informal)
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1653
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle French inviter, from Latin invītō.
Displaced native English lathe