invite

tr.v., -vit·ed, -vit·ing, -vites.

1. To ask for the presence or participation of: invite friends to dinner; invite writers to a conference.
2. To request formally: invited us to be seated.
3. To welcome; encourage: invite questions from the audience.
4. To tend to bring on; provoke: “Divisions at home would invite dangers from abroad” (John Jay).
5. To entice; tempt.

n. Informal. (ĭn'vīt')

An invitation.

[French inviter, from Old French, from Latin invītāre.]

verb

1. To request that someone take part in or be present at a particular occasion: ask, bid. See warn/invite.
2. To behave so as to bring on (danger, for example): court, provoke, tempt. See seek/avoid.

noun

A spoken or written request for someone to take part or be present: bid, invitation. See warn/invite.

v

Definition: ask to do something socially
Antonyms: reject

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IN BRIEF: To ask someone to go somewhere or to do something.

People who invite trouble always complain when it accepts. — Lane Olinghouse

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - invitere, indbyde
n. - invitation, indbydelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitnodigen, aanlokken, vragen om, uitnodiging

Français (French)
v. tr. - inviter, demander, solliciter, appeler (les confidences), inviter à (la discussion), chercher (la défaite, l'échec)
n. - invitation

Deutsch (German)
v. - einladen, bitten um, auffordern, herausfordern
n. - Einladung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προσκαλώ, καλώ, ελκύω, προκαλώ, προσελκύω
n. - πρόσκληση (σε εκδήλωση κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
invitare, allettare, invito

Português (Portuguese)
v. - convidar
n. - convite (m) (coloq.)

Русский (Russian)
приглашать, склонять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - invitar, convidar, inducir, sugerir
n. - invitación, convite, sugerencia

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - (in)bjuda, uppmana, fresta, ge anledning till
n. - inbjudning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
邀请, 请求, 招待, 征求

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 邀請, 請求, 招待, 徵求
n. - 邀請

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 초청하다, 권유하다, 청하다
n. - 초대

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 招待する, 招く, 誘う, 請う, 勧める, 促す, 求める, 引きつける, もたらす
n. - 招待

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدعو, يشجع (الاسم) دعوة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הזמין, הי(ת)ה בעל(ת) כוח-משיכה, פיתה‬
n. - ‮הזמנה‬

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