Invite Meaning
/ɪnˈvaɪt/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
verbTo request formally.
Sentence Examples
You may invite whomever you like.
You may invite any person you like.
I'd like to invite you to lunch, if you're not busy.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
None
CEFR Practice Quiz
I will ____ you to my birthday party if you promise to bring a gift.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The teacher decided to ____ a guest speaker to the class to talk about his experiences as a pilot.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French inviter, from Latin invītō. Displaced native Old English laþian.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster."
— 1902, Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's Second State of the Union Address:
""Blindness invites confidence," replied Carrados. "We are out of the running—human rivalry ceases to exist. […]""
— 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
"to inveigle and invite th' unwary sense"
— 1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
"shady groves, that easy sleep invite"
— 1697, Virgil, “The Second Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
"There no delusive hope invites despair."
— 1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
I will ____ you to my birthday party if you promise to bring a gift.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The teacher decided to ____ a guest speaker to the class to talk about his experiences as a pilot.