Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To ask for the presence or participation of.
- transitive verb To request formally.
- transitive verb To welcome; encourage.
- transitive verb To tend to bring on; provoke.
- transitive verb To entice; tempt.
- noun An invitation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To solicit to come, attend, or do something; request the presence, company, or action of; summon because of desire, favor, or courtesy: as, to
invite a friend to dinner; to invite one to dance. - To present allurement or incitement to; draw on or induce by temptation; solicit; incite.
- Synonyms Convoke, Bid, etc. See
call . - To offer invitation or enticement; attract.
- noun An invitation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of.
- transitive verb To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
- transitive verb To give occasion for.
- intransitive verb To give invitation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
ask for thepresence orparticipation of someone or something. - verb transitive To
request formally . - verb transitive To
encourage . - noun informal An
invitation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb increase the likelihood of
- verb request the participation or presence of
- verb ask someone in a friendly way to do something
- noun a colloquial expression for invitation
- verb invite someone to one's house
- verb give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
- verb express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- verb ask to enter
- verb have as a guest
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Select all if ($invite-config [ 'enable_key'] & & $invite -
phpBB.com badabing 2010
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And there's a canny little visual push-pull about the way the picture invites the eye to run up from the miniature figures at the bottom through the landscape they must traverse to the mountains at the top, at the same time that the words of the title invite the eye to work their way down from 'The' to 'Rings'.
Vintage LotR Cover Art Adam Roberts 2009
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Figuring out which writers to invite is part of the editorial art.
MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 1) 2009
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But that invite is far from a guarantee when big-name teams such as Wisconsin, Ohio State, Nebraska and Oklahoma could also be available to bowl organizers.
New BCS Rankings: Oregon Jumps Auburn For No. 1 Spot AP 2010
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Currently regretting turning down once again invite to Rio for NYE activities.
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The invite is sitting there, ignored for the moment.
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They go on and on about how lovely that invite is -- you can almost smell the glue!
Housewives Nightlife, Episode 8: Washington, by invitation only Lavanya Ramanathan 2010
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But that invite is far from a guarantee when big-name teams such as Wisconsin, Ohio State, Nebraska and Oklahoma could also be available to bowl organizers.
New BCS Rankings: Oregon Jumps Auburn For No. 1 Spot AP 2010
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In a commercial unveiled on Wednesday, a bikini-clad Britney Spears doubles as a mind reader, as she wishes for a personal invite from the British comic — who is back to host the program for the second year in a row.
Russell Brand Britney Spears MTV Video Music Awards 2008 Video Promo 2009
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I've sent you a linked in invite with my email id.
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