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.
Definitions
- transitive 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.
- transitive verb. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
- transitive verb. To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.
- intransitive verb. To give invitation.
- noun. a colloquial expression for invitation
"he didn't get no invite to the party"
- verb. ask someone in a friendly way to do something
- verb. request the participation or presence of
"The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference"
- verb. ask to enter
"We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee"
- verb. express willingness to have in one's home or environs
"The community warmly received the refugees"
- verb. increase the likelihood of
"ask for trouble"
"invite criticism"
- verb. give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
"the window displays tempted the shoppers"
- verb. invite someone to one's house
"Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?"
- verb. have as a guest
"I invited them to a restaurant"
Synonyms
Common word forms
invited, inviter, invites, invitees, inviting, invitement
Words from these letters
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