invite

Plural: invites

Noun

• a colloquial expression for invitation
  • "he didn't get no invite to the party"
• An invitation.

Verb

Verb Forms: invited, inviting, invites

• To request someone's presence, participation, or attention.
• increase the likelihood of
  • "invite criticism"
• invite someone to one's house
  • "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?"
• give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
• ask someone in a friendly way to do something
• have as a guest
  • "I invited them to a restaurant"
• ask to enter
  • "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee"
• request the participation or presence of
  • "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"
• express willingness to have in one's home or environs
• To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
• To request formally.
• To encourage.
• To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.

Examples

• A well-placed ’QUIET’ can invite an opponent to create a bingo on your triple word score.
• I always invite criticism of my definitions.
• I invite you all to be seated.
• We invited our friends round for dinner.
• Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.

Synonyms

ask for, ask in, ask over, ask round, bid, call for, pay for, receive, take in, tempt, ask, ask out, beseech, encourage, entreat, lathe, provoke, request

Related Words

invitee, inviter

Anagrams of invite