/ɪnˈvaɪt/
Translation
To ask someone to come to a place, or to join you in doing something.
Word origin
From Latin invitare, to invite or to entertain a guest.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- invitare
Grammar
Examples
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The pattern is "invite someone to something".
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Use "for" when you name the meal or the event.
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"Invites" is the form used with he, she, or it.
Used in
Grammar articles
(4)Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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