invite

🇺🇸 /ɪnˈvaɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ɪnˈvaɪt/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-A1
verb
A2

to ask someone to come to an event

I want to invite you to my birthday party.

B1

to ask someone formally to go somewhere or do something

The company will invite experts to speak at the conference.

R

to make something bad more likely to happen

Leaving your door unlocked might invite trouble.

noun
R

an invitation

I received an invite to the wedding.

translation

v. to ask someone to come to an event; to ask someone formally to go somewhere or do something; to make something bad more likely to happen
n. an invitation

Word Forms

3rd Present invites
Progressive inviting
Past invited
Perfect invited
Plural invites