Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to invite
Participle: invited
Gerund: inviting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | invite |
| you | invite |
| he;she;it | invites |
| we | invite |
| you | invite |
| they | invite |
Perfect
| I | have invited |
| you | have invited |
| he;she;it | has invited |
| we | have invited |
| you | have invited |
| they | have invited |
Past
| I | invited |
| you | invited |
| he;she;it | invited |
| we | invited |
| you | invited |
| they | invited |
Pluperfect
| I | had invited |
| you | had invited |
| he;she;it | had invited |
| we | had invited |
| you | had invited |
| they | had invited |
Future
| I | will invite |
| you | will invite |
| he;she;it | will invite |
| we | will invite |
| you | will invite |
| they | will invite |
Future Perfect
| I | will have invited |
| you | will have invited |
| he;she;it | will have invited |
| we | will have invited |
| you | will have invited |
| they | will have invited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | invite |
| you | invite |
| he;she;it | invite |
| we | invite |
| you | invite |
| they | invite |
Perfect
| I | have invited |
| you | have invited |
| he;she;it | have invited |
| we | have invited |
| you | have invited |
| they | have invited |
Imperfect
| I | invited |
| you | invited |
| he;she;it | invited |
| we | invited |
| you | invited |
| they | invited |
Pluperfect
| I | had invited |
| you | had invited |
| he;she;it | had invited |
| we | had invited |
| you | had invited |
| they | had invited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would invite |
| you | would invite |
| he;she;it | would invite |
| we | would invite |
| you | would invite |
| they | would invite |
Perfect
| I | would have invited |
| you | would have invited |
| he;she;it | would have invited |
| we | would have invited |
| you | would have invited |
| they | would have invited |
Imperative
| you | invite |
| we | Let's invite |
| you | invite |
Verbs conjugated like 'invite'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'invite'
incite,
indite,
invile,
encite,
endite,
envie,
evite,
ignite,
incide,
incise,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- request
- solicit, bid, ask, summon, call
- tempt
- attract, entice, lure, allure, urge, draw, solicit, encourage
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
~ along somebody,
~ somebody along,
~ around somebody,
~ round somebody,
~ somebody around,
~ somebody round,
~ back somebody,
~ somebody back,
~ out somebody,
~ somebody out,
~ over somebody,
~ somebody over,
Etymology
From Middle French inviter, from Latin invītō. Displaced native English lathe See: Middle French '
inviter', Latin '
invītō'.
Verbs referencing "invite"
Ido invitar, Spanish
invitar.
Sample Sentences
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“ Why, I invited him; I had some accounts with him, ” said Shelby.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] head and his hands in his pockets, and stared at me for two whole hours: occasionally refreshing himself with a tweak of his nose, or a draught from the water-jug; or by walking to the windows and inviting other boys in the street below, to come up and do likewise: crying, ‘Here he is ! ’ ‘Come on ! ’ ‘Bring all your brothers ! ’ with other hospitable entreaties of that nature.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] hundred acres, on the opposite bank of the river. Here again, although I went down with the owner of the estate, to ‘the quarter, ’ as that part of it in which the slaves live is called, I was not invited to enter into any of their huts. All I saw of them, was, that they were very crazy, wretched cabins, near to which groups of half-naked children basked in the sun, or wallowed on the dusty ground. [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Tom watched the little lady a great deal, before he ventured on any overtures towards acquaintanceship. He knew an abundance of simple acts to propitiate and invite the approaches of the little people, and he resolved to play his part right skilfully. He could cut cunning little baskets out of cherry-stones, could make grotesque faces on hickory-nuts, or [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] by the English Biblical commentator, Thomas Scott (1747-1821 ). ~~~ On such a farm, in such a house and family, Miss Ophelia had spent a quiet existence of some forty-five years, when her cousin invited her to visit his southern mansion. The eldest of a large family, she was still considered by her father and mother as one of “ the children, ” and the proposal that she should go to _Orleans_ was a [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] hardly of them, after all. He was of opinion, in fact, that southern people needed encouraging. When however, the fact that she had resolved to go was fully before the public mind, she was solemnly invited out to tea by all her friends and neighbors for the space of a fortnight, and her prospects and plans duly canvassed and inquired into. Miss Moseley, who came into the house to help to do the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] Tom had not his own way of speaking his mind occasionally, with something of the tact often observable in his class; as, for example, the very day after the Sabbath we have described, St. Clare was invited out to a convivial party of choice spirits, and was helped home, between one and two o’clock at night, in a condition when the physical had decidedly attained the upper hand of the intellectual. Tom [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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It was late in the summer afternoon, and the doors and windows of the large parlor all stood open, to invite any stray breeze, that might feel in a good humor, to enter. Mr. Shelby sat in a large hall opening into the room, and running through the whole length of the house, to a balcony on either end. [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Let's just drop it. -Let's have a drink instead. -Sure. You 're not invited. You 're not taking part.
(Miss Italy Must Not Die)