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invite
in·vite I0217600 (ĭn-vīt′)tr.v. in·vit·ed, in·vit·ing, in·vites 1. To ask for the presence or participation of: invite friends to dinner; invite writers to a conference.2. To request formally: invited us to be seated.3. To welcome; encourage: invite questions from the audience.4. To tend to bring on; provoke: "Divisions at home would invite dangers from abroad" (John Jay).5. To entice; tempt.n. (ĭn′vīt′) Informal An invitation.
[French inviter, from Old French, from Latin invītāre; see weiə- in Indo-European roots.]invite vb (tr) 1. to ask (a person or persons) in a friendly or polite way (to do something, attend an event, etc): he invited them to dinner. 2. to make a request for, esp publicly or formally: to invite applications. 3. to bring on or provoke; give occasion for: you invite disaster by your actions. 4. to welcome or tempt n an informal word for invitation [C16: from Latin invītāre to invite, entertain, from in-2 + -vītāre, probably related to Greek hiesthai to be desirous of] inˈviter nin•vite (v. ɪnˈvaɪt; n. ˈɪn vaɪt)
v. -vit•ed, -vit•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to request the presence or participation of in a kindly or courteous way: to invite friends to dinner. 2. to request politely or formally: to invite donations. 3. to act so as to bring on or render probable: to invite trouble. 4. to call forth or give occasion for: Those big shoes invite laughter. 5. to attract, allure, entice, or tempt. v.i. 6. to give invitation; offer attractions or allurements. n. 7. Informal. an invitation. [1525–35; < Latin invītāre to entertain, offer shelter, invite] in•vi•tee (ˌɪn vɪˈti, -vaɪ-) n. invite - Comes from Latin invitare, from an Indo-European root meaning "to go after something, pursue with vigor, desire."See also related terms for pursuit.inviteIf you invite someone to a party or a meal, you ask them to come to it. The Lees invited me to dinner.He invited her to a party.Be Careful!
Don't say 'He invited her a party'. You must use to. You can also invite someone for a meal. My new neighbors invited me for lunch on Sunday.You can invite someone to do something that you think they will enjoy. He invited Axel to come to the concert with him.I invited my friends to stay one weekend.Be Careful!
Don't say that you 'invite someone for doing' something.
offer give">give invite1. 'offer'If you offer something to someone, you ask them if they would like to have it or use it. He offered me a chocolate. I shook my head.2. 'give'If you put something in someone's hand expecting them to take it, and they do take it, don't say that you 'offer' it to them. You say that you give it to them. She gave Minnie the keys.He gave me a red jewellery box.3. 'offer to'If you offer to do something, you say that you are willing to do it. He offered to take her home in a taxi.I offered to answer any questions.4. 'invite'If someone asks you to do something that they think you will want to do, don't say that they 'offer' you to do it. You say that they invite you to do it. I was invited to attend future meetings.She invited me to come for dinner.invite
Past participle: invited
Gerund: inviting
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| I invite | | you invite | | he/she/it invites | | we invite | | you invite | | they invite |
| Preterite |
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| I invited | | you invited | | he/she/it invited | | we invited | | you invited | | they invited |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am inviting | | you are inviting | | he/she/it is inviting | | we are inviting | | you are inviting | | they are inviting |
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| I have invited | | you have invited | | he/she/it has invited | | we have invited | | you have invited | | they have invited |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was inviting | | you were inviting | | he/she/it was inviting | | we were inviting | | you were inviting | | they were inviting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had invited | | you had invited | | he/she/it had invited | | we had invited | | you had invited | | they had invited |
| Future |
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| I will invite | | you will invite | | he/she/it will invite | | we will invite | | you will invite | | they will invite |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have invited | | you will have invited | | he/she/it will have invited | | we will have invited | | you will have invited | | they will have invited |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be inviting | | you will be inviting | | he/she/it will be inviting | | we will be inviting | | you will be inviting | | they will be inviting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been inviting | | you have been inviting | | he/she/it has been inviting | | we have been inviting | | you have been inviting | | they have been inviting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been inviting | | you will have been inviting | | he/she/it will have been inviting | | we will have been inviting | | you will have been inviting | | they will have been inviting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been inviting | | you had been inviting | | he/she/it had been inviting | | we had been inviting | | you had been inviting | | they had been inviting |
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| I would invite | | you would invite | | he/she/it would invite | | we would invite | | you would invite | | they would invite |
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| I would have invited | | you would have invited | | he/she/it would have invited | | we would have invited | | you would have invited | | they would have invited |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  invite - a colloquial expression for invitation; "he didn't get no invite to the party"invitation - a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away" | | Verb | 1. |  invite - increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism"ask forarouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" | | 2. |  invite - invite someone to one's house; "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?"ask over, ask roundcall for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"ask in, invite - ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee" | | 3. | invite - give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers"temptstimulate, stir, shake up, excite, shake - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" | | 4. |  invite - ask someone in a friendly way to do somethingbidrequest - ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"allure, tempt - dispose or incline or entice to; "We were tempted by the delicious-looking food"challenge - issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match" | | 5. | invite - have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant"pay forinteract - act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues"ask out, invite out, take out - make a date; "Has he asked you out yet?" | | 6. |  invite - ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee"ask incall for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"call in - summon to enter; "The nurse called in the next patient"ask over, ask round, invite - invite someone to one's house; "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?" | | 7. | invite - request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"call forcall for, request, bespeak, quest - express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service" | | 8. | invite - express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees"receive, take inwelcome - receive someone, as into one's houseabsorb - assimilate or take in; "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society"see - receive as a specified guest; "the doctor will see you now"; "The minister doesn't see anybody before noon"assume - take up someone's soul into heaven; "This is the day when May was assumed into heaven"induct - admit as a member; "We were inducted into the honor society" |
inviteverb1. ask, bid, summon, request the pleasure of (someone's) company She invited him to her birthday party.2. request, seek, look for, call for, ask for, bid for, appeal for, petition, solicit The Department is inviting applications from local groups.3. encourage, attract, cause, draw, lead to, court, ask for (informal), generate, foster, tempt, provoke, induce, bring on, solicit, engender, allure, call forth, leave the door open to Their refusal to compromise will invite more criticism from the UN.noun1. (Informal) invitation, call, request, bidding, summons They haven't got an invite to the wedding.inviteverb1. To request that someone take part in or be present at a particular occasion:ask, bid.2. To behave so as to bring on (danger, for example):court, provoke, tempt.nounInformal. A spoken or written request for someone to take part or be present:bid, invitation.Translationsinvite (inˈvait) verb1. to ask (a person) politely to come (eg to one's house, to a party etc). They have invited us to dinner tomorrow. 邀請 邀请2. to ask (a person) politely to do something. He was invited to speak at the meeting. 請求 请求3. to ask for (another person's suggestions etc). He invited proposals from members of the society. 徵求 征求invitation (inviˈteiʃən) noun1. a (written) request to come or go somewhere. Have you received an invitation to their party?; We had to refuse the invitation to the wedding. 邀請函，請帖 请柬，请帖 2. the act of inviting. He attended the committee meeting on the invitation of the chairman. 邀請 邀请inˈviting adjective (negative uninviting) attractive or tempting. There was an inviting smell coming from the kitchen. 吸引人的 吸引人的- It's very kind of you to invite me → 感谢您的邀请
- It's very kind of you to invite us → 感谢您邀请我们
invite
invite (someone) into (some place)To offer someone entrance to some place. Molly invited us into her new house, and let me tell you, it's quite lovely.See also: inviteinvite (someone) inTo offer someone entrance to some place. Is that Dave and Jean I hear? Invite them in, I'll be down in a minute! Oh, your mother invited us in—I hope that's all right.See also: inviteinvite (one) outTo ask one to go on a date. Bill still hasn't invited me out—maybe he doesn't have romantic feelings for me after all.See also: invite, outinvite (one or oneself) over (for something)1. For someone to offer one entrance to the place where they live. Mom, can I invite some friends over? I already invited Kelly over for dinner tonight—do you want to come too?2. To visit the place where one lives despite not having been invited. Usually conveys a sense of intrusion. In this usage, a reflexive pronoun is used between "invite" and "to." Can you believe Jeanne just invited herself over and stayed for three hours? So annoying!See also: invite, overinvite (someone or oneself) to (something)1. To offer someone the opportunity to attend something. Amber invited me to her party, but I already have plans that day, unfortunately.2. To attend something despite not having been invited by the host. Usually conveys a sense of intrusion. In this usage, a reflexive pronoun is used between "invite" and "to." Of course I didn't invite Kelly—she invited herself to the mall with us!See also: inviteinvite someone into some place and invite someone into bid or request someone to enter a place. Don't leave Dan out there in the rain. Invite him into the house! Oh, do invite in the children!See also: invite, placeinvite someone outto ask someone out on a date. I would love to invite you out sometime. If I did, would you go? Has he ever invited out a girl on a date?See also: invite, outinvite someone over (for something)to bid or request someone to come to one's house for something, such as a meal, party, chat, cards, etc. Let's invite Tony and Nick over for dinner. Let's invite over some new people.See also: invite, overinvite someone to somethingto bid or request someone to come to an event. Shall we invite Sally to the party? I didn't invite her. She invited herself to this affair.See also: inviteLegalSeeinviteeSee INVT
See INVinvite
Synonyms for inviteverb askSynonyms- ask
- bid
- summon
- request the pleasure of (someone's) company
verb requestSynonyms- request
- seek
- look for
- call for
- ask for
- bid for
- appeal for
- petition
- solicit
verb encourageSynonyms- encourage
- attract
- cause
- draw
- lead to
- court
- ask for
- generate
- foster
- tempt
- provoke
- induce
- bring on
- solicit
- engender
- allure
- call forth
- leave the door open to
noun invitationSynonyms- invitation
- call
- request
- bidding
- summons
Synonyms for inviteverb to request that someone take part in or be present at a particular occasionSynonymsverb to behave so as to bring on (danger, for example)Synonymsnoun a spoken or written request for someone to take part or be presentSynonymsSynonyms for invitenoun a colloquial expression for invitationRelated Wordsverb increase the likelihood ofSynonymsRelated Words- arouse
- elicit
- evoke
- provoke
- enkindle
- kindle
- fire
- raise
verb invite someone to one's houseSynonymsRelated Words- call for
- request
- bespeak
- quest
- ask in
- invite
verb give rise to a desire by being attractive or invitingSynonymsRelated Words- stimulate
- stir
- shake up
- excite
- shake
verb ask someone in a friendly way to do somethingSynonymsRelated Words- request
- allure
- tempt
- challenge
verb have as a guestSynonymsRelated Words- interact
- ask out
- invite out
- take out
verb ask to enterSynonymsRelated Words- call for
- request
- bespeak
- quest
- call in
- ask over
- ask round
- invite
verb request the participation or presence ofSynonymsRelated Words- call for
- request
- bespeak
- quest
verb express willingness to have in one's home or environsSynonymsRelated Words- welcome
- absorb
- see
- assume
- induct
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