The verb is pronounced /ɪnvaɪt/. The noun is pronounced /ɪnvaɪt/.
( invited)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you invite someone to something such as a party or a meal, you ask them to come to it.
She invited him to her 26th birthday party in New Jersey...
Barron invited her to accompany him to the races...
I haven’t been invited.
...an invited audience of children from inner-city schools.
VERB : V n prep / adv , V n to-inf , be V-ed , V-ed
2.
If you are invited to do something, you are formally asked or given permission to do it.
At a future date, managers will be invited to apply for a management buy-out...
If a new leader emerged, it would then be for the Queen to invite him to form a government...
The Department is inviting applications from groups within the Borough.
VERB : be V-ed to-inf , V n to-inf , V n
3.
If something you say or do invites trouble or criticism, it makes trouble or criticism more likely.
Their refusal to compromise will inevitably invite more criticism from the UN.
VERB : V n
4.
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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