Invited I Invite ɪnˈvaɪt Inviting Verb Bre Party

• have you been invited to their party?
• i'd have liked to have gone but i wasn't invited.
• they have invited me to go to paris with them.
• would you like to come for a meal on saturday?

invite

1. to ask somebody to come to a social event
• Have you been invited to their party?
• I'd have liked to have gone but I wasn't invited.
• They have invited me to go to Paris with them.
• Would you like to come for a meal on Saturday?
• There's a presentation of our new product at the conference on Tuesday. Would you be interested in coming along?
• I'm going to the game on Saturday—how about joining me?
• We're going to Boston—do you want to come with us?
• That would be very nice, thank you.
• I'd love to, thanks very much.
• I'm sorry. I've already got something on at the weekend.
• I'm sorry. I already have plans on Saturday.
• Thank you, I'll check my diary and let you know.
• Thank you, I'll check my calendar and let you know.
2. to ask somebody formally to go somewhere or do something
• Successful candidates will be invited for interview next week.
• He invited questions from the audience.
• Readers are invited to email their comments to us.
3. to make something, especially something bad or unpleasant, likely to happen
• synonym ask for it
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• Such comments are just inviting trouble.

Extra Examples

• I was never invited into the house.
• Let’s invite them all for dinner.
• She very kindly invited me to lunch.
• Thank you for inviting me to the meeting.
• The film seems to invite comparison with ‘The Italian Job’.
• The hype and fervour surrounding the event positively invited scepticism.
• They’ve invited us over for a drink.
• You are cordially invited to attend the annual parish meeting.
• I’d have liked to have gone but I wasn’t invited.
• If he has any complaints to make, I invite him to do so.
• Readers are invited to write in with their comments.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they invite
• he / she / it invites
• past simple invited
• past participle invited
• -ing form inviting

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent.: from Old French inviter, or from Latin invitare.