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verb

in-ˈvīt How to pronounce invite (audio)
Definition of invitenext
1
as in to ask
to request the presence or participation of she's invited only select friends to visit her new house

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2
as in to woo
to act so as to make (something) more likely you're just inviting ridicule by making such outrageous claims

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invite

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noun

as in invitation
a request for the presence or participation of someone at a specified time and place He finagled an invite to an exclusive Hollywood party.

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Recent Examples of invite
Verb
Chinese firms have been suffering from declining profit growth amid intense competition that has eroded margins and even invited the government to step in. — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 All guests are invited for complimentary nibbles and drinks, including the hotel's signature Negroni. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
The back-and-forth has spawned a torrent of hilarious memes, as well as an open invite from Travis Kelce and Jason Kelce’s Garage Beer brand to visit their spot anytime. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2026 Ford is now letting customers register to receive a preorder invite when the line opens in early 2027. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for invite
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invite
  1. ask
  2. woo
  3. invitation
  4. seek
Verb
  • The person asked a mutual contact to warn Rosman, according to three people familiar with that exchange.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Attendees asked engineers to provide preliminary cost estimates for street lighting running from the stadium connection north to Swepco Road.
    — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of ask
Verb
  • Can wooing hitmakers help Netflix find its way back to dominance?
    — Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Head south of the border for a chilling crime documentary about José Luis Calva Zepeda, a poet and playwright in Mexico City who used his way with words to woo women.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of woo
Noun
  • Like the epiphany in the park, the story is an invitation into his dizziness, rather than a flipbook retelling of thoughts, and far more resonant for it.
    — Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
  • When Apple scheduled its launch the day before Nothing’s in March, Nothing graffitied over Apple’s invitation and Pei posted it online.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of invitation
Verb
  • SpaceX is seeking to raise an extra $40 billion in debt to help fund the campaign, but even fans on Wall Street question how SpaceX will raise the massive sums required.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
  • This legal challenge is not seeking to remove the measure from the ballot.
    — Amy DeLaura, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of seek

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