invite
part of speech
verb (invite, invites, invited, inviting); noun (an invite — informal)
meaning for a pupil
1) To invite someone is to ask them to come to a party, a meal, your home or an event. tree →
2) To invite something is to ask for it politely: «We invite questions». tree →
3) To invite trouble is to make something bad more likely. tree →
4) An invite (informal) is an invitation. tree →
sense in the lessons
In manners lessons, when you invite someone, tell them when and where; when invited, reply (RSVP) to say yes or no and say thank you. Inviting someone who is left out is kind. In safety, do not invite people you met online to your home or accept invites from strangers. Phrases: «invite over», «invite round» (UK), «invite to».
examples
- I want to invite my whole class to my party. tree →
- Thank you for inviting me! tree →
- We invited Grandma for Sunday lunch. tree →
- Can I invite a friend over? tree →
- She invited the new girl to play. tree →
- Leaving your bike unlocked invites theft. tree →
- Did you get an invite to the party? tree →
- Never invite strangers from the internet to your house. tree →
- I invite thee to my wedding." tree →
note
Noun: «invitation» (formal); «invite» as a noun is informal. Stress: verb «in-VITE», noun «IN-vite». «Inviting» as an adjective means attractive: «The pool looked inviting».
In the corpora
- He just laughs, and invites the Mole to spend the whole day on the river with him.
- Why didn't you invite me?» He and the Mole are friends at once.
- Why didn't you invite me, Ratty?»
- And yeast has a cousin nobody invited: the fluffy mould on old bread.
- "Invited to see the head" means sent to the head teacher to be punished.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «invite» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.