to invite

Examples

• All

• While I'm interviewing her, she actually invites me to go to a premiere for her movie.

  Private Parts (1997)

• What is it about the music room that invites students in and draws them to the place?

  Academic text (2015)

• It's the way in which they use technology to invite children to learn, to understand, to explore.

• Your mission is to invite this into your life throughout the day.

  Evan Carmichael

• And when we open our hearts to the opportunities, the opportunities invite us to do something.

• A picture of an empty frame invited children to draw a favorite character or instrument.

  Academic text (2015)

• Just invite any tense muscles to let go.

• The water is a crystal aquamarine blue on sunny days that just invites you to come into it.

• So I am today publishing a green paper that asks questions, invites views and takes care not to prejudge the answer.

• The beautiful landscape invites visitors to take memorable photographs.

Synonyms

A

to attract

vsto invite

991 1.9

Make people notice or want something

is more about being pleasing to encourage a response

A

to appeal

vsto invite

232 3.1

Be attractive or interesting to someone

is similar but emphasizes prompting a specific action or response

T

to tempt

vsto invite

146 3.3

Try to make someone want to do something, often something wrong or unwise

is broader, not necessarily involving wrongdoing or moral risk

C

to charm

vsto invite

71 2.2

To please people by being friendly and attractive

is less forceful, focusing on pleasantness rather than prompting action

E

to entice

vsto invite

61 4.9

To persuade someone to do something by offering something they want

is about being pleasant or welcoming rather than actively persuading

B

to beckon

vsto invite

22 4.4

Seem attractive and invite someone to come closer

is more general, focusing on pleasantness rather than a visible call

A

to allure

vsto invite

6 6.5

To attract someone by using charm

is stronger, using charm to encourage action rather than simple interest

Phrasal Verbs

I

to invite out

• Informal

12 3.1

To ask someone to go with you to a social event like dinner, often as a date

I

to invite to dinner

3 1.2

Ask someone to join you for an evening meal

How Encouraging

to tempt

146 3.3

to lure

270 3.7

to entice

61 4.9

to invite

93 4.4

to encourage

∞ 2.3

to attract

991 1.9

Surface Forms

Etymology