inviteverb [ T ]
uk/ɪnˈvaɪt/us/ɪnˈvaɪt/invite verb [ T ] (ASK TO AN EVENT)
A1 to ask or request someone to go to an event:
We're invited to Lola's party.
Candidates who are successful in the written test will be invited for an interview.
[ + obj + to infinitive ] Her family invited me to stay with them for a few weeks.
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- They've invited 80 guests to the wedding.
- They were flattered to be invited to dinner by the mayor.
- They've invited us round for dinner on Saturday.
- She invited a lot of people to the party but half of them didn't turn up.
- All the mums and dads are invited to the school play at the end of the year.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Inviting & summoning
- ask
- ask sb in
- ask sb out
- call
- call sb in
- call sb out
- call-out
- convene
- invitation
- invite sb in
- invite sb over
- invitee
- recall
- send
- send for sb
- summon
- summons
invite verb [ T ] (REQUEST FORMALLY)
C1 to request something, especially formally or politely:
Offers in the region of £1,000,000 are invited for the property.
[ + obj + to infinitive ] The newspaper invited readers to write in with their views.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making appeals & requests
- a cry for help idiom
- appellate
- application
- ask for sb
- beseech
- besiege
- besought
- bum
- cri de coeur
- crowdsource
- freeloader
- gateway
- hit
- hit sb up
- I'll thank you to do sth idiom
- pester
- petition
- request
- scrounge
- sponge
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invite verb [ T ] (ENCOURAGE)
C2 to act in a way that causes or encourages something to happen or someone to believe or feel something:
Behaving provocatively in class is just inviting trouble.
Such a badly presented exhibition invites criticism.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Encouraging and urging on
- abet
- barrack for sb
- bring
- bring sb out
- buddy
- cheer
- chin
- get in there! idiom
- get out of here! idiom
- good/great/lovely stuff! idiom
- goose
- hide your light under a bushel idiom
- invitation
- mentor
- prepare
- prepare the ground idiom
- prod
- promote
- promotion
- shoulder
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Phrasal verb(s)
invite sb in
invite sb over
invitenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪn.vaɪt/us/ˈɪn.vaɪt/informalan invitation:
I didn't get an invite to their wedding.