Invite

Verb

 * 1)  To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
 * We invited our friends round for dinner.
 * 1)  To request formally.
 * I invite you all to be seated.
 * 1)  To encourage.
 * I always invite criticism of my definitions.
 * Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.

Synonyms

 * (ask for the presence or participation of): ask out
 * (request formally): ask, beseech, entreat, request
 * (encourage): ask for, encourage, provoke

Noun

 * 1)  An invitation.

Adverbs for Invite
cordially; formally; frequently; graciously; peculiarly; forcibly; daintily; vociferously; specifically; flatteringly; originally; nominally; suavely; fatally; ostensibly.

Thesaurus
abet, acquire, affect the interest, aid and abet, appeal, ask, ask for, attract, be attractive, be responsible for, beckon, bid, bid come, biddance, bidding, bring down, bring on, bring upon, call, call in, calling, concern, contract, countenance, court, encourage, engage, engraved invitation, entice, excite, excite interest, fall in with, fall into, fascinate, feed, fetch, foster, gain, get, give encouragement, incur, interest, inveigle, invitation, involve in, issue an invitation, keep in countenance, lure, nourish, nurture, pique, provoke, run, solicit, stimulate, summon, summons, tantalize, tease, tempt, tickle, titillate, welcome, whet the appetite, woo

Verb

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: دعى
 * Basque: gonbidatu
 * Bulgarian: каня
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 邀請, 邀请,, , 約請, 约请
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek: προσκαλώ
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: meghív
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , 招く,
 * Latin: adhibeo, invito
 * Pashto:
 * Persian: فراخواندن, دعوت كردن
 * Polish: zaprosić
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: iarr
 * Spanish: ,
 * Telugu: ఆహ్వానించు (aahvaanimchu)


 * Catalan: ,
 * Finnish:, esittää
 * Pashto:
 * Persian: خواهش کردن


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: просить
 * Telugu: ఆహ్వానించు (aahvaanimchu)


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: 激励 (jīlì)
 * Finnish: ,


 * Hebrew: עודד, ראה בחיוב
 * Spanish: ,



Noun

 * Catalan: invitació
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:


 * Italian: invitazione
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: