invite

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To ask someone to come to an event or to your home.

   We invited our friends round for dinner.

2. 2
   verb

   To formally ask someone to do something or take part in something.

   The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference.

3. 3
   verb

   To make a particular reaction or result more likely, often a bad one.

   Wearing that bright dress is bound to invite attention.

4. 4
   noun

   An informal word for an invitation.

   We didn't get an invite to the party.

From Middle French inviter, from Latin invītō. Displaced native Old English laþian.

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