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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "invite"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to make a formal or friendly request to someone to come somewhere or join something
Transitive: to invite sb
to invite definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bride and groom are inviting friends and family to their wedding.
āĻŦāϰ āĻ“ āĻ•āύ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁ āĻ“ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϰ⧋āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to encourage a particular reaction by creating a situation that tempts someone to act in a certain way
Transitive: to invite a reaction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The new policy invited complaints from the employees, who felt it was unfair.
āύāϤ⧁āύ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to ask someone to do something or participate in an activity in a casual or friendly manner
Ditransitive: to invite sb to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the meeting, she invited everyone to grab coffee.
āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύāĨ¤
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āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϞ⧁āĻŦā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to attract or tempt someone to do something
Ditransitive: to invite sb to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His charming smile invited her to trust him with her secret.
āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to ask someone to attend a party or event or come to one's house
Transitive
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āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to ask someone to be a guest at an event, place, or occasion
Transitive: to invite sb to a place or event
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
For her birthday, she invited a few close friends to a spa day.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϕ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ, āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ

a written or spoken request to attend an event, join an activity, or participate in a gathering
invite definition and meaning

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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