invite

invite
♦♦
invites, inviting, invited
(The verb is pronounced [[t]ɪnva͟ɪt[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]ɪ̱nvaɪt[/t]].)
1) VERB If you invite someone to something such as a party or a meal, you ask them to come to it.

[V n prep/adv] She invited him to her 26th birthday party in New Jersey...

[V n prep/adv] I invited her in for a coffee...

[V n prep/adv] Neighbours have invited us out, given us clothes, and taken us on excursions...

[V n to-inf] Barron invited her to accompany him to the races...

[V n] Sometimes it seems right to invite an entire class of children so no one will feel left out...

[V n] I haven't been invited.

[V-ed] ...an invited audience of children from inner-city schools.

2) VERB If you are invited to do something, you are formally asked or given permission to do it.

[be V-ed to-inf] At a future date, managers will be invited to apply for a management buy-out...

[be V-ed to-inf] The person concerned would be shown the evidence in private and invited to stand down...

[V n to-inf] If a new leader emerged, it would then be for the Queen to invite him to form a government...

[V n] The Department is inviting applications from groups within the Borough.

3) VERB If something you say or do invites trouble or criticism, it makes trouble or criticism more likely.

[V n] I realise that an Englishman who generalises about Ireland invites trouble...

[V n] Their refusal to compromise will inevitably invite more criticism from the UN.

4) N-COUNT An invite is an invitation to something such as a party or a meal. [INFORMAL]

They haven't got an invite to the wedding.


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  • invité — invite [ ɛ̃vit ] n. f. • 1767; de inviter 1 ♦ Jeux de cartes, vx Appel. 2 ♦ (fin XIX e) Invitation indirecte plus ou moins déguisée (à faire qqch.). « l invite à la riposte » (Courteline). « C était une invite à le laisser » (A. Gide). Une invite …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • invite — in‧vite [ɪnˈvaɪt] verb [transitive] 1. to offer someone the opportunity to do something: invite somebody to do something • Contractors will then be invited to tender for the work. • Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates. •… …   Financial and business terms

  • invite — invite, bid, solicit, court, woo are comparable when they mean to request or encourage a person or a thing to come to one or to fall in with one s plans or desires. Invite in its ordinary and usual sense implies a courteous request to go… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Invite — In*vite , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Invited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inviting}.] [L. invitare: cf. F. inviter. See {Vie}.] [1913 Webster] 1. 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Invite — Жанры металкор электроника Годы 2005 наши дни Страна …   Википедия

  • invite — noun (with the stress on the first syllable). This is a good example of a word that has been in more or less continuous use since the 17c but has not attained the acceptability afforded to its rival, invitation. Dr Johnson must have known it but… …   Modern English usage

  • invité — invité, ée (in vi té, tée) part. passé d inviter. Les personnes invitées au bal. •   Qu invité chez la reine, il ait soin de s y rendre, RAC. Esth. II, 7.    Substantivement. Quel est le nombre des invités ? …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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  • Invite — In*vite , v. i. To give invitation. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • invite — index call (appeal to), call (summon), motivate, offer (propose), proffer, request …   Law dictionary

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