Associations to the word «Invite»

Wiktionary

INVITE, verb. (transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
INVITE, verb. (transitive) To request formally.
INVITE, verb. (transitive) To encourage.
INVITE, verb. (transitive) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
INVITE, noun. (informal) An invitation.

Dictionary definition

INVITE, noun. A colloquial expression for invitation; "he didn't get no invite to the party".
INVITE, verb. Increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism".
INVITE, verb. Invite someone to one's house; "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?".
INVITE, verb. Give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers".
INVITE, verb. Ask someone in a friendly way to do something.
INVITE, verb. Have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant".
INVITE, verb. Ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee".
INVITE, verb. Request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference".
INVITE, verb. Express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King