1. Ask someone in a friendly way to do something
   "She invited her neighbours over for dinner";
   - bid
    
2. Ask someone to one's house; give an invitation to
   "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?";
   - ask over, ask round [Brit]
    
3. Increase the likelihood of
   "invite criticism";
   - ask for
    
4. Give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
   "the window displays invited the shoppers";
   - tempt
    
5. Request the participation or presence of
   "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference";
   - call for
    
6. Ask to enter
   "We invited the neighbours in for a cup of coffee";
   - ask in
    
7. Express willingness to have in one's home or environs
   "They invited the neighbours for dinner";
   - receive, take in

1. A colloquial expression for invitation
   "he didn't get no invite to the party"

Derived forms: invited, invites, inviting

See also: ask

Type of: accept, arouse, ask for, bespeak, call for, elicit, enkindle [literary], evoke, excite, have, invitation, kindle, provoke, raise, request, shake, shake up, stir, take

Encyclopedia: Invite