invite
gb/ˈɪnvaɪt/ us/ˈɪnvaɪt/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 1600
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำกริยา
A2
action
1
Ask someone to attend
To ask someone to come to a place or event.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to invite [someone] to [an event/place]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'invite' with 'call' or 'tell' when talking about events, but 'invite' specifically means asking someone to come.
คำพ้องความหมาย
ask (More general; can be used for any request, not just for attending.)
|
request (More formal and less personal than 'invite'.)
คำตรงข้าม
uninvite (To take back an invitation already given.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
invite guests
|invite friends
|invite someone over
|invite someone to dinner
|invite someone to a party
หัวข้อ
daily life
|social
|communication
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- We decided to invite all our neighbors to the barbecue.
- She invited me to her birthday party next week.
- He invited several colleagues over for dinner.
- They invited us to visit them in Paris.
- I invited my parents to stay for the weekend.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I invited my friend to my house.
- She invited us to her wedding.
- We invited him to the party.
- They invited me to dinner.
- He invited his parents to visit.
คำกริยา
B2
action
2
Cause or encourage something
To do something that makes a result more likely, often a bad one.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to invite [trouble/criticism/attack/etc.]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may take this meaning literally and think it involves asking someone in person; it's figurative for causing a situation.
คำพ้องความหมาย
provoke (Implies actively causing a reaction, often negative.)
|
encourage (More general; can be positive or negative.)
คำตรงข้าม
avoid (To keep away from something, preventing it from happening.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
invite trouble
|invite criticism
|invite disaster
หัวข้อ
communication
|risk
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- Ignoring safety rules invites accidents.
- His rude comments invited criticism from the audience.
- Poor planning invites problems later on.
- Leaving valuables in your car invites theft.
- Not preparing for the meeting invites failure.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- Not wearing a helmet invites injury.
- Being late invites trouble.
- Loud noise at night invites complaints.
- Leaving the door open invites problems.
- Bad behavior invites punishment.
คำนาม
B1
entity
3
Request to attend an event
A short way of saying 'invitation'. It means a request to come somewhere.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may not realize 'invite' as a noun is informal and should be avoided in formal writing; use 'invitation' instead.
คำพ้องความหมาย
invitation (The standard and more formal term.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
send an invite
|get an invite
|accept an invite
หัวข้อ
daily life
|social
|communication
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- I got an invite to their wedding.
- She sent me a Facebook invite.
- Did you get an invite for the launch party?
- He handed me an invite on the street.
- We mailed out the invites last week.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I got an invite to the party.
- She sent me an invite by email.
- We sent invites to all friends.
- He gave me an invite yesterday.
- They got invites for the show.
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invite
IPA
GB/ˈɪnvaɪt/
US/ˈɪnvaɪt/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
in - vite (2 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (in)
รูปคำ
Verb
- Base: invite
- 3rd Person Singular: invites
- Present Participle: inviting
- Past: invited
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
invites
verb
inviting
verb
invited
verb
Core family
invitation
noun B1
Negative and opposite forms
uninvited
adjective
uninviting
adjective
Advanced or less common
invitee
noun
invitingly
adverb B2
วลีและสำนวน
be invited to do something
1/bˈi ɪnvˈaɪtɪd tə dˈu sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
Asked politely to do something or attend
When someone asks you in a polite way to do something or go somewhere.
ตัวอย่าง
- I was invited to speak at the conference.
- They were invited to join the meeting.
invite someone over
1/ɪnvˈaɪt sˈʌmwˌʌn ˈoʊvɚ/
fixed phrase
Ask someone to visit your home
To ask a person to come to your home for a short time.
ตัวอย่าง
- We invited our neighbors over for coffee.
- She often invites friends over on weekends.
invite trouble
1/ɪnvˈaɪt tɹˈʌbəl/
fixed phrase
Act in a way that causes problems
To do something that makes bad things more likely to happen.
ตัวอย่าง
- Walking alone at night in that area is just inviting trouble.
- If you drive so fast, you're inviting trouble.