to invite

Examples

• All

• But by staying, we'll be inviting harm.

  Women Talking (2022)

• Your attitude invites trouble, Henkel.

  Hitler's Children (1943)

• To do anything else would invite potential death.

• The larger question of will it invite government oversight?

• And it does invite those kind of conversations.

  Ear Biscuits

• You know, inviting such a drink could cause sickness or even death.

  Ageless Love (2022)

• As we have noted, they also invite further questioning on the part of the reader.

  Academic text (1994)

• And yet I think that life every single day invites all of us into choice points.

• I think free societies at their best invite a certain amount of messiness.

  Big Think

• I understand the instinct, but I think you get, I think you invite a backlash.

  The Diary Of A CEO

Synonyms

B

to bring on

vsto invite

342 3.5

Cause something, often a sickness or a bad feeling, to start

raises the chance rather than acting as the immediate cause

I

to induce

vsto invite

133 5.3

Cause a process, event, or feeling to start

increases probability instead of always producing the outcome directly

A

to ask for

vsto invite

• Informal

45 2.3

To do something that makes trouble or criticism likely

raises the chance of trouble without direct action

I

to instigate

vsto invite

37 6.9

To cause something bad to start

increases likelihood without the deliberate provocation or starting

E

to engender

vsto invite

• Formal

28 6.9

To make a feeling or situation start

raises likelihood gradually rather than acting as an immediate trigger

Antonyms

D

to dissuade

34 6.0

To try to stop someone from doing something by talking to them

Phrasal Verbs

I

to invite to dinner

66 1.2

Ask someone to join you for an evening meal

I

to invite out

• Informal

20 3.1

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

How Risky

to risk

957 3.0

to invite

43 5.8

to ask for

• Informal

45 2.3

to lead to

∞ 2.5

Surface Forms

Etymology