Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.

    We invited our friends round for dinner.

    einladen

    приглаша́тьpriglašátʹ, пригласи́тьpriglasítʹ, зватьzvatʹ

    запро́шуватиzapróšuvaty, запроси́тиzaprosýty

    request the participation or presence of

  2. (transitive)To request formally.

    I invite you all to be seated.

    I always invite criticism of my essays.

    проси́тьprosítʹ, попроси́тьpoprosítʹ

  3. (transitive)To encourage.

    Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.

  4. (transitive)To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.

Examples

2323 sentences
  1. I invited them to the party.

    Я запросив його на вечірку.

    deIch habe sie zur Party eingeladen.

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  2. All my friends are invited here.

    Всі мої друзі запрошені сюди.

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  3. I invited my friends to dinner.

    Я запросив друзів на вечерю.

    ruЯ пригласил друзей на ужин.

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  4. He invited me to his house.

    Він запросив мене до себе.

    ruОн пригласил меня к себе.

    deEr hat mich zu sich nach Hause eingeladen.

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  5. I was invited to their wedding.

    Мене запросили на їхнє весілля.

    ruЯ был приглашён на их свадьбу.

    deIch war zu ihrer Hochzeit eingeladen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
ask for the presence or participation of someone:
Русский
By meaning 2
ask for the presence or participation of someone:
request formally:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ask for the presence or participation of someone:

Origin

From Middle French inviter, from Latin invītō. Displaced native English lathe.

From Middle French inviter, from Latin invītō. Displaced native English lathe.

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Forms

invites, inviting, invited, invited
Base forminvite · to invite
3rd person singularinvites
Present participleinviting
Past simpleinvited
Past participleinvited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinvite
he, she, itinvites

Past simpleLesson

all personsinvited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave invited
he, she, ithas invited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill invite

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • been invited to
  • invited to the
  • invited to parties
  • going to invite
  • has been invited
  • want to invite
  • invited to dinner
  • get invited to
  • invite to your
  • forget to invite
  • invited to a
  • one who invited

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
invite — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto