invite
/ɪnˈvaɪt/ verb A2- To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something. · We invited our friends round for dinner.
- To request formally. · I invite you all to be seated.· I always invite criticism of my essays.
- To encourage. · Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.
- To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
He/she/it invites · Past invited · Past participle invited · -ing form inviting
Verb forms
- Base form
- invite
- He/she/it
- invites
- Past
- invited
- Past participle
- invited
- -ing form
- inviting
From the library
Her prudent mother, occupied by the same ideas, forbore to invite him to sit by herself.
Anne Is Invited Out to Tea
I am invited to tea at the manse tomorrow afternoon!
She replied, “No, my friend, it is not for the pasture that you invite me, but for yourself, who are in want of food.”
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