INDEX:
1. to invite someone
2. a message inviting someone
3. someone who you invite
4. someone who comes without being invited
RELATED WORDS
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↑ VISIT
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1. to invite someone
▷ invite/ask /ɪnˈvaɪt, ɑːskǁæsk/ [transitive verb]
to ask someone to come to a party, wedding, meal etc. Ask is more informal than invite :
▪ It’s going to be a big wedding - they’ve invited over a hundred people.
▪ ‘Are you going to Emma’s party?’ ‘No, I haven’t been asked.’
▪ I’d love to come -- thanks for asking me.
▪ It is a great honour to have been invited here tonight.
invite/ask somebody to a party/wedding/meal etc
▪ I was invited to a couple of his dinner parties last year.
▪ Do you think we should ask Carol and Helen to the party?
invite/ask somebody for lunch/dinner
▪ Madeleine has invited us for dinner on Saturday.
invite/ask somebody to do something
▪ Hane’s parents have asked me to come and stay with them for a couple of weeks.
invite somebody over
invite someone to your house for a meal, party etc
▪ It won’t be a big do, we’re just inviting a few close friends over.
invite/ask somebody in
invite a visitor into your home
▪ He invited me in for a coffee.
▷ invitation /ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃ ə n, ˌɪnvəˈteɪʃ ə n/ [singular noun]
when someone is invited to a party, wedding, meal etc :
at somebody’s invitation
▪ They had come aboard at Charles’s invitation.
turn down an invitation
not accept it
▪ I’m afraid I have to turn down your invitation to dinner.
accept an/somebody’s invitation
▪ Winston gratefully accepted the invitation.
▷ ask somebody out /ˌɑːsk somebody ˈaʊtǁˌæsk-/ [transitive phrasal verb]
to ask someone to go to a restaurant, a film etc with you because you want to start a romantic relationship with them :
▪ Why don’t you ask her out? Or are you too shy?
▪ You asked her out? What did she say?
▷ have somebody over /ˌhæv somebody ˈəʊvəʳ/ [transitive phrasal verb not in passive]
if you have someone over, they come to your home to have a meal or to spend time with you because you have invited them :
▪ My father is having some colleagues over from the University tonight.
▪ I want to have Danielle over to play with me.
have somebody over for drinks/dinner etc
▪ We had Nick’s parents over for dinner on Saturday.
▷ invite/ask somebody along /ɪnˌvaɪt, ˌɑːsk somebody əˈlɒŋǁˌæsk somebody əˈlɔːŋ/ [transitive phrasal verb]
to invite someone to go somewhere with you and a group of other people :
▪ Do you mind if I invite one of my friends along?
▪ Whose idea was it to ask Danni along?
▷ entertain /ˌentəʳˈteɪn/ [intransitive/transitive verb]
to provide a meal or social activity for someone in your home, either because they are your friends, or because they are people you work with :
▪ This is an easy but impressive dish if you are entertaining at home.
▪ About a fifth of their income is spent on entertaining clients.
2. a message inviting someone
▷ invitation also invite especially American /ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃ ə n, ˌɪnvəˈteɪʃ ə n, ˈɪnvaɪt/ [countable noun]
a message inviting someone to a party, wedding etc :
▪ Thanks for your invitation. I’d love to come.
▪ How many invitations did you send out?
▪ a wedding invitation
invitation to
▪ Did you get an invite to Paul’s wedding?
3. someone who you invite
▷ guest /gest/ [countable noun]
someone who is staying at your home, or who has come to your party, wedding etc because you invited them :
▪ We have guests staying with us this week.
▪ a wedding guest
▪ Are we allowed to bring a guest?
guest list
a list of the people who have been invited to a party
▪ All three of you are on the guest list, of course.
guest room
a room in your house where guests can sleep
▪ Just put the presents in the guest room for now.
4. someone who comes without being invited
▷ uninvited /ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtɪd◂, ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtəd◂/ [adjective/adverb]
show up/turn up etc uninvited
▪ A few people showed up uninvited.
uninvited guest/visitor
▪ Fielding had come to the party, bringing several uninvited guests.
▷ gatecrasher British also crasher American /ˈgeɪtˌkræʃəʳ, ˈkræʃəʳ/ [countable noun]
someone who goes to a party but was not invited, especially someone who causes trouble :
▪ The police want to trace everyone who was at the party, including about forty gatecrashers.
gatecrash [intransitive/transitive verb]
▪ Apparently, Roger and he tried to gatecrash a private party taking place at the hotel.