invite – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of invite

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to invite back sb
Participle: invited back sb
Gerund: inviting back sb

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iinvite back sb
youinvite back sb
he;she;itinvites back sb
weinvite back sb
youinvite back sb
theyinvite back sb

Perfect

Ihave invited back sb
youhave invited back sb
he;she;ithas invited back sb
wehave invited back sb
youhave invited back sb
theyhave invited back sb

Past

Iinvited back sb
youinvited back sb
he;she;itinvited back sb
weinvited back sb
youinvited back sb
theyinvited back sb

Pluperfect

Ihad invited back sb
youhad invited back sb
he;she;ithad invited back sb
wehad invited back sb
youhad invited back sb
theyhad invited back sb

Future

Iwill invite back sb
youwill invite back sb
he;she;itwill invite back sb
wewill invite back sb
youwill invite back sb
theywill invite back sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have invited back sb
youwill have invited back sb
he;she;itwill have invited back sb
wewill have invited back sb
youwill have invited back sb
theywill have invited back sb

Subjunctive

Present

Iinvite back sb
youinvite back sb
he;she;itinvite back sb
weinvite back sb
youinvite back sb
theyinvite back sb

Perfect

Ihave invited back sb
youhave invited back sb
he;she;ithave invited back sb
wehave invited back sb
youhave invited back sb
theyhave invited back sb

Imperfect

Iinvited back sb
youinvited back sb
he;she;itinvited back sb
weinvited back sb
youinvited back sb
theyinvited back sb

Pluperfect

Ihad invited back sb
youhad invited back sb
he;she;ithad invited back sb
wehad invited back sb
youhad invited back sb
theyhad invited back sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould invite back sb
youwould invite back sb
he;she;itwould invite back sb
wewould invite back sb
youwould invite back sb
theywould invite back sb

Perfect

Iwould have invited back sb
youwould have invited back sb
he;she;itwould have invited back sb
wewould have invited back sb
youwould have invited back sb
theywould have invited back sb

Imperative

youinvite back sb
weLet's invite back sb
youinvite back sb

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam inviting back sb
youare inviting back sb
he;she;itis inviting back sb
weare inviting back sb
youare inviting back sb
theyare inviting back sb

Perfect

Ihave been inviting back sb
youhave been inviting back sb
he;she;ithas been inviting back sb
wehave been inviting back sb
youhave been inviting back sb
theyhave been inviting back sb

Past

Iwas inviting back sb
youwere inviting back sb
he;she;itwas inviting back sb
wewere inviting back sb
youwere inviting back sb
theywere inviting back sb

Pluperfect

Ihad been inviting back sb
youhad been inviting back sb
he;she;ithad been inviting back sb
wehad been inviting back sb
youhad been inviting back sb
theyhad been inviting back sb

Future

Iwill be inviting back sb
youwill be inviting back sb
he;she;itwill be inviting back sb
wewill be inviting back sb
youwill be inviting back sb
theywill be inviting back sb

Future Perfect

Iwill have been inviting back sb
youwill have been inviting back sb
he;she;itwill have been inviting back sb
wewill have been inviting back sb
youwill have been inviting back sb
theywill have been inviting back sb

Conditional

Present

Iwould be inviting back sb
youwould be inviting back sb
he;she;itwould be inviting back sb
wewould be inviting back sb
youwould be inviting back sb
theywould be inviting back sb

Perfect

Iwould have been inviting back sb
youwould have been inviting back sb
he;she;itwould have been inviting back sb
wewould have been inviting back sb
youwould have been inviting back sb
theywould have been inviting back sb

Other

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

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

  • “ Why, I invited him; I had some accounts with him, ” said Shelby. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] 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)
  • [...] 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)
  • 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)
  • [...] 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)
  • [...] 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)
  • [...] 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)