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INVITE

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colloquial expression for invitation

Example:

he didn't get no invite to the party

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("invite" is a kind of...):

invitation (a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something)

Derivation:

invite (invite someone to one's house)

invite (have as a guest)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ask someone in a friendly way to do something

Synonyms:

bid; invite

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "invite" is one way to...):

request (ask (a person) to do something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "invite"):

allure; tempt (dispose or incline or entice to)

challenge (issue a challenge to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE

Sentence example:

They invite him to write the letter

Derivation:

invitation (a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Request the participation or presence of

Example:

The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference

Synonyms:

call for; invite

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "invite" is one way to...):

ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)

Verb group:

ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

invitation (a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something)

invitatory (conveying an invitation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Ask to enter

Example:

We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee

Synonyms:

ask in; invite

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "invite" is one way to...):

ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)

Verb group:

ask over; ask round; invite (invite someone to one's house)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "invite"):

call in (summon to enter)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

invitation (a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Express willingness to have in one's home or environs

Example:

The community warmly received the refugees

Synonyms:

invite; receive; take in

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "invite"):

welcome (receive someone, as into one's house)

absorb (assimilate or take in)

see (receive as a specified guest)

assume (take up someone's soul into heaven)

induct (admit as a member)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot invite Sue

Derivation:

invitation (a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Increase the likelihood of

Example:

invite criticism

Synonyms:

ask for; invite

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "invite" is one way to...):

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

invitation (a tempting allurement)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting

Example:

the window displays tempted the shoppers

Synonyms:

invite; tempt

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "invite" is one way to...):

excite; shake; shake up; stimulate; stir (stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

invitation (a tempting allurement)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Invite someone to one's house

Example:

Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?

Synonyms:

ask over; ask round; invite

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "invite" is one way to...):

ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)

Verb group:

ask in; invite (ask to enter)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They invite him to write the letter

Derivation:

invitee (a visitor to whom hospitality is extended)

invite (a colloquial expression for invitation)

invitatory (conveying an invitation)

invitation (a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Have as a guest

Example:

I invited them to a restaurant

Synonyms:

invite; pay for

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "invite" is one way to...):

interact (act together or towards others or with others)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Also:

invite out (make a date)

Derivation:

invitation (a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something)

invitatory (conveying an invitation)

invite (a colloquial expression for invitation)

invitee (a visitor to whom hospitality is extended)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Researchers worldwide are invited to take the CAMDA challenge.

(Critical Assessment of Microarray Data Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)

One thing led to another, and it ended in his inviting me out to spend a few days at his house, Wisteria Lodge, between Esher and Oxshott.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Lady Lieven, who is exceedingly exigeant, used to invite him to her evenings merely that he might exhibit it.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His companions had passed on whilst he was at his orisons; but his young blood and the fresh morning air both invited him to a scamper.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He captured the hand that invited, and felt on the palm familiar markings and distortions.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I learned that your object was to invite Mr. Sherlock Holmes to undertake the conduct of this case.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I invited them to meet him here, and, as you see, I made him keep the appointment.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“No,”—he calmly replied,—“there is but one married woman in the world whom I can ever allow to invite what guests she pleases to Donwell, and that one is—”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

She thanked him again and again; and, with a sweetness of address which always attended her, invited him to be seated.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Mrs. Bennet invited him to dine with them; but, with many expressions of concern, he confessed himself engaged elsewhere.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)