Invite Definition

ĭn-vīt
invited, invites, inviting
verb
invited, invites, inviting
To ask courteously to come somewhere or do something; request the presence or participation of.
Webster's New World
To make a request for.
To invite questions.
Webster's New World
To welcome; encourage.
Invite questions from the audience.
American Heritage
To tend to bring on; give occasion for.
Action that invites scandal.
Webster's New World
To tempt; allure; entice.
Webster's New World
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noun
invites
An invitation.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Invite

Noun

Singular:
invite
Plural:
invites

Origin of Invite

  • French inviter from Old French from Latin invītāre weiə- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French inviter, from Latin invītō.

    From Wiktionary

Invite Sentence Examples

  • Did she invite you?

  • I was wondering if I should invite him to stay at our place.

  • Good, maybe you'll invite me again.

  • Did you invite him here?

  • It is the custom of the Royal Agricultural Society of England to invite competitions at its annual shows in specified classes of implements, and an enumeration of these will indicate the character of the appliances which were thus brought into prominence in the latter years of the 19th and the early years of the 10th century.

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Words Starting With

IININV

Words Ending With

ETEITE

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Words Starting With I and Ending With E

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With I6 Letter Words Ending With E