different between cite vs invite

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?t, IPA^(key): /sa?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t
• Homophones: sight, site

Etymology 1

From Old French citer, from Latin citare (“to cause to move, excite, summon”), frequentative of ci?re (“to rouse, excite, call”).

Verb

cite (third-person singular simple present cites, present participle citing, simple past and past participle cited)

1. to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
2. to list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
3. to summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.

Usage notes

Loosely, or for brevity in journalism, the word is used to mean no more than "mention". [an extension of sense 1]

Derived terms

• cital

Related terms

• citation

Translations

See also

• attest
• quote

Etymology 2

From the first syllable of citation. Analogous to quote, from quotation.

Noun

cite (plural cites)

1. (informal) a citation

Translations

Further reading

• cite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• cite in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• cite at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• -etic, CETI, EITC, Tice, etic, tice

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?s?t?]

Noun

cite

1. vocative singular of cit

French

Verb

cite

1. first-person singular present indicative of citer
2. third-person singular present indicative of citer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of citer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of citer
5. second-person singular imperative of citer

Latin

Participle

cite

1. vocative masculine singular of citus

References

• cite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle English

Alternative forms

• site, citee, city

Etymology

Old French cité, from Latin civitas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?te?/

Noun

cite (plural cites)

1. city
   • a. 1382, Wycliffe's Bible, Luke 8:1:

     And it was don aftirward, and Jhesu made iorney by citees and castelis, prechinge and euangelysinge þe rewme of God

     And it was done afterwards, and Jesus made a journey through cities and castles, proclaiming and spreading the kingdom of God.

Coordinate terms

• toun

Descendants

• English: city (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: ceety

Portuguese

Verb

cite

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of citar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of citar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of citar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of citar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /??ite/, [??i.t?e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?site/, [?si.t?e]

Verb

cite

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of citar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of citar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of citar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of citar.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French inviter, from Latin inv?t?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?nv?t', IPA^(key): /?n?va?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Verb

invite (third-person singular simple present invites, present participle inviting, simple past and past participle invited)

1. (transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.

   We invited our friends round for dinner.

2. (transitive) To request formally.

   I invite you all to be seated.

3. (transitive) To encourage.

   I always invite criticism of my definitions.

   Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.

   • 1902, Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's Second State of the Union Address

     The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster.

4. (transitive) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
   • shady groves, that easy sleep invite

   • 1782, William Cowper, The Progress of Error

     There no delusive hope invites despair.

Synonyms

• (ask for the presence or participation of): ask out
• (request formally): ask, beseech, entreat, request
• (encourage): ask for, encourage, provoke

Related terms

• invitee
• inviter

Translations

Etymology 2

From the verb invite.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?n'v?t, IPA^(key): /??nva?t/

Noun

invite (plural invites)

1. (informal) An invitation.

Translations

Asturian

Verb

invite

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of invitar

French

Verb

invite

1. inflection of inviter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Adjective

inv?te

1. vocative masculine singular of inv?tus

References

• invite in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• invite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• invite in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [in?vite]

Verb

invite

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of invita
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of invita

Spanish

Verb

invite

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of invitar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of invitar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of invitar.