invite
To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
Verb 4 meanings
To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
“We invited our friends round for dinner.”
To request formally.
“I invite you all to be seated.”
To encourage.
“Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.”
To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
Noun 1 meaning
An invitation.
Etymology
From Middle French inviter, from Latin invītō. Displaced native English lathe.
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INVITE at a glance
INVITE has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (I 1 + N 1 + V 4 + I 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,229 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with invite
All rhymesOne letter away
- INCITE8
- INDITE7
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