What does invite mean?

Definitions for invite
ɪnˈvaɪt; ˈɪn vaɪtin·vite

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. inviteverb

    a colloquial expression for invitation

    "he didn't get no invite to the party"

  2. invite, ask forverb

    increase the likelihood of

    "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism"

  3. invite, ask over, ask roundverb

    invite someone to one's house

    "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?"

  4. tempt, inviteverb

    give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting

    "the window displays tempted the shoppers"

  5. invite, bidverb

    ask someone in a friendly way to do something

  6. invite, pay forverb

    have as a guest

    "I invited them to a restaurant"

  7. invite, ask inverb

    ask to enter

    "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee"

  8. invite, call forverb

    request the participation or presence of

    "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"

  9. receive, take in, inviteverb

    express willingness to have in one's home or environs

    "The community warmly received the refugees"

Wiktionary

  1. invitenoun

    An invitation.

  2. inviteverb

    To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.

    We invited our friends round for dinner.

  3. inviteverb

    To request formally.

    I invite you all to be seated.

  4. inviteverb

    To encourage.

  5. Etymology: Ultimately from invito.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To INVITEverb

    Etymology: invito, Latin; inviter, French.

    If thou be invited of a mighty man, withdraw thyself. Ecclus. i. 39.

    He comes invited by a younger son. John Milton.

    When much company is invited, then be as sparing as possible of your coals. Jonathan Swift.

    A war upon the Turks is more worthy than upon any other Gentiles, though facility and hope of success might invite some other choice. Francis Bacon.

    Nor art thou such
    Created, or such place hast here to dwell,
    As may not oft invite, though spirits of heav'n,
    To visit thee. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. v.

    The liberal contributions such teachers met with, served still to invite more labourers into that work. Decay of Piety.

    Shady groves, that easy sleep invite,
    And after toilsome days a soft repose at night. John Dryden, Virgil.

  2. To Inviteverb

    To ask or call to any thing pleasing.

    Etymology: invito, Latin.

    All things invite
    To peaceful counsels. John Milton.

ChatGPT

  1. invite

    An invite is a request, offer, or proposal to someone to attend or participate in a particular event or engagement. It can be a written or spoken solicitation for someone's presence, participation, or involvement in activities like parties, meetings, games, celebrations, or ceremonies.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inviteverb

    to ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion

  2. Inviteverb

    to allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract

  3. Inviteverb

    to give occasion for; as, to invite criticism

  4. Inviteverb

    to give invitation

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Invite

    in-vīt′, v.t. to ask: to summon: to allure: to attract.—v.i. to ask in invitation.—n. Invitā′tion, the act of inviting: an asking or solicitation, the written or verbal form with which a person is invited: the brief exhortation introducing the confession in the Anglican communion-office.—adj. Invit′ātory, using or containing invitation.—n. a form of invitation in worship, esp. the antiphon to the Venite or 95th Psalm.—ns. Invite′ment (Lamb), allurement, temptation; Invit′er.—p.adj. Invit′ing, alluring: attractive.—n. (Shak.) invitation.—adv. Invit′ingly, in an inviting manner.—n. Invit′ingness, attractiveness. [Fr.,—L. invitāre, -ātum.]

Editors Contribution

  1. invite

    To request to attend.

    The invite to their wedding did request people to just come to have fun and bring some food to celebrate their love and unity.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'invite' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2858

  2. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'invite' in Verbs Frequency: #327

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of invite in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of invite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of invite in a Sentence

  1. Ted Yoho:

    I think with what you reported earlier and what we've seen with these three other candidates being already hacked this year, if indeed this does go back to Russians that are in the Russian military or government, absolutely not, I don't think we should invite President Putin over here at this time.

  2. Piu Eatwell:

    Mark Hansen was a kind of a shady Hollywood mogul type, he owned a number of movie theaters in Hollywood and he was a multimillionaire. He also had a number of rooming houses and his own apartment just off Hollywood Boulevard… He was separated from his wife, who had a house on the Hollywood Hills with their two daughters. He had a great lifestyle in his apartment… where he would invite girls if he liked their looks… he would invite them to stay with obviously a promise that they were going to make it big as movie stars. Sooner or later, they would probably be booted out or end up as dancers in one of his nightclubs.

  3. Filmmarker Matthew Cherry:

    It's truly an honor to have the platform to be able to invite Deandre Arnold and Deandre Arnold family as our guest to the Oscars next Sunday, deandre Arnold is such a good kid, and Deandre Arnold shouldn't be punished for Deandre Arnold hair. And we love that Deandre Arnold didn't bend to the pressure to cut it.

  4. The Oregon resident:

    We were as close as we could be, as tight as we could be, that’s what we were. We ’d get together on Christmases, on holidays, on birthdays, on Thanksgivings. It was always somewhere, even though we lived in different parts of [ Los Angeles ], we still all got together. i don’t know if she gets to invite who she wants. But she ’ll reach out if she wants me there, she ’ll call me.

  5. Vladimir Putin:

    I invite the leaders of the countries in this group to partner with Iran and invest in developing Iran's gas resources for mutual benefit, iran is ready to play a bigger role in the supply of gas.

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