invite
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invite¹
- /ɪnˈvaɪt/
Rhymes with -aɪt
Where it comes from
From Middle French inviter, from Latin invītō. Displaced native English lathe.
verb invites · inviting · invited
- 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.
- 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. to inveigle and invite th' unwary sense
Similar: lathe
invite²
- /ˈɪnvaɪt/
Where it comes from
From the verb invite.
noun invites
- An invitation. An open invite has been given to all UK workers to join in common cause with the union, as more than 40,000 RMT members at Network Rail and 13 train operating companies walked out on June 21 in the first of three 24-hour strikes over pay, conditions and job security.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ask in, ask over, receive, take in, ask for, ask round, tempt, call for, bid, pay for, invitation, solicit, bring, give, request, require
verb
Similar: lathe
Translations
Every language
verb ask for the presence or participation of someone
| Español | invitar, convidar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 초대하다 chodaehada |
| 日本語 | 誘う sasou, 招待する shōtai suru, 招く maneku, 請う kou |
| 中文 | 邀請 /邀请 yāoqǐng, 請 /请 qǐng, 約請 /约请 yuēqǐng |
| हिन्दी | आमंत्रित करना āmantrit karnā |
| Português | convidar |
| Français | inviter, convier |
| Deutsch | einladen |
| Italiano | invitare |
| Ελληνικά | προσκαλώ proskaló |
| Română | a invita |
| Русский | приглаша́ть priglašátʹ, пригласи́ть priglasítʹ, звать zvatʹ, позва́ть pozvátʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | mời |
| العربية | دَعَا daʕā, عَزَمَ ʕazama |
| עברית | הִזְמִין hizmín |
verb request formally
| Español | solicitar, invitar |
|---|---|
| Português | convidar |
| Ελληνικά | παρακαλώ parakaló |
| Русский | проси́ть prosítʹ, попроси́ть poprosítʹ |
noun (informal) invitation
| Español | invitación |
|---|---|
| Português | convite |
| Français | invitation |
| Deutsch | Einladung |
| Italiano | invito |
| Ελληνικά | πρόσκληση prósklisi |
| Русский | приглаше́ние priglašénije |
| עברית | הַזְמָנָה hazmaná |
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howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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