invite

/ɪnˈvaɪt/

to ask someone to come to an event or place

She invited her friends to the party.

She asked her friends to come to the party.

formalinformal

to ask someone to come to an event, place, or gathering

We invited them to dinner next week.

We asked them to come to dinner next week.

The company invited all employees to the annual meeting.

The company asked all employees to attend the annual meeting.

Can be used in both formal and informal contexts.

informal

to suggest or encourage someone to do something

He invited her to share her thoughts on the project.

He encouraged her to share her thoughts on the project.

Often used to suggest participation or contribution.

Collocations

invite someone toask someone to come or participateinvite someone overask someone to come to your placeinvite someone to dinnerask someone to join you for a meal

a formal or informal request to come or participate

appealing or attractive

Use 'invite' in both formal and informal contexts, but for very formal events, 'invitation' is often used as a noun.

Remember that 'invite' is a regular verb: 'I invite', 'he invites', 'they invited'.

From Middle English 'inviten', from Old French 'inviter', from Latin 'invitare', meaning 'to invite, summon'.

The past tense and past participle is 'invited'.

in-

not

prefix

vite

to come

root

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