Dictionary Entry
invite
invite is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion.
- 2transitive verb
To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
- 3transitive verb
To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.
- 4intransitive verb
To give invitation.
- 5noun
a colloquial expression for invitation
"he didn't get no invite to the party"
- 6verb
ask someone in a friendly way to do something
Synonyms
- 7verb
request the participation or presence of
"The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"
- 8verb
ask to enter
"We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee"
- 9verb
express willingness to have in one's home or environs
"The community warmly received the refugees"
Synonyms
- 10verb
increase the likelihood of
"ask for trouble"
"invite criticism"
- 11verb
give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
"the window displays tempted the shoppers"
Synonyms
- 12verb
invite someone to one's house
"Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?"
- 13verb
have as a guest
"I invited them to a restaurant"
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