invite

Meaning

Verb

1. To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
2. To request formally.
3. To encourage.
4. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.

Noun

An invitation.

Concepts

invite

call

ask

summon

request

beckon

bid

solicit

persuade

demand

call for

call out

tempt

invitation

welcome

send for

challenge

ask for

invoke

ask in

receive

call together

convince

seduce

call in

urge

entice

induce

encourage

take in

ask over

pay for

take out

beg

coax

suggest

allure

lure

engage

install

propose

provoke

attract

ask round

ask out

have out

abet

cheer

call on

hail

influence

ask to come

order

get

convoke

dare

throw down the gauntlet

convene

enjoin

importune

beguile

drag

flip

pull

win over

woo

bring in

incite

press

quicken

stimulate

bid welcome

extend an invitation

respectfully engage

flatter

wheedle

call to

assemble

court

tend

bring on

attraction

entertain

comfort

countenance

embolden

hearten

dial

employ

plea

host

say

admonish

exhort

prompt

warn

fish

panhandle

summons

call down

call up

go under

induct

page

refer

initiate

appeal

apply

catch

pray

quest

seek

tap

spirit

come

captivate

charm

enchant

fascinate

promote

recite

call over

call out to

cry out

evoke

guest

recrui

inform

delay

extend

lengthen

postpone

procrastinate

prolong

spread

please

collect

raise

cause

do

engender

make

bark

shout

go get

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈvaɪt/

Etymology

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