invite
To ask someone to come to a place or event.
To request politely or formally that someone come to an event, gathering, or place.
To do something that makes a result more likely, often a bad one.
To act in a way that makes something likely to happen, often something undesirable.
A short way of saying 'invitation'. It means a request to come somewhere.
An informal term for an invitation, especially in casual speech or writing.
- Base: invite
- 3rd Person Singular: invites
- Present Participle: inviting
- Past: invited
be invited to do something
1Asked politely to do something or attend
When someone asks you in a polite way to do something or go somewhere.
- I was invited to speak at the conference.
- They were invited to join the meeting.
invite someone over
1Ask someone to visit your home
To ask a person to come to your home for a short time.
- We invited our neighbors over for coffee.
- She often invites friends over on weekends.
invite trouble
1Act in a way that causes problems
To do something that makes bad things more likely to happen.
- Walking alone at night in that area is just inviting trouble.
- If you drive so fast, you're inviting trouble.