verb , noun
■ verb / ɪnˈvaɪt; NAmE /
1.
invite sb (to sth) to ask sb to come to a social event :
[ vn ]
Have you been invited to their party?
I'd have liked to have gone but I wasn't invited.
[ vn to inf ]
They have invited me to go to Paris with them.
2.
invite sb (to / for sth) | invite sth (from sb) ( formal ) to ask sb formally to go somewhere or do sth :
[ vn ]
Successful candidates will be invited for interview next week.
He invited questions from the audience.
[ vn to inf ]
Readers are invited to write in with their comments.
3.
to make sth, especially sth bad or unpleasant, likely to happen
SYN ask for :
[ vn ]
Such comments are just inviting trouble.
[also vn to inf ]
—see also uninvited
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PHRASAL VERBS
- invite sb along
- invite sb back
- invite sb in / up
- invite sb over / round / around
■ noun
/ ˈɪnvaɪt/ ( informal ) an invitation :
Thanks for your invite.
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: from Old French inviter , or from Latin invitare .