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invite
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)
- (transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
- We invited our friends round for dinner.
- (transitive) To request formally.
- I invite you all to be seated.
- (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.
- (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)
- (informal) An invitation.
Translations
Asturian
Verb
invite
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of invitar
French
Verb
invite
- inflection of inviter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Latin
Adjective
inv?te
- 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
- third-person singular present subjunctive of invita
- third-person plural present subjunctive of invita
Spanish
Verb
invite
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of invitar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of invitar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of invitar.
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designate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin designatus, past participle of designare. Doublet of design.
Pronunciation
- (adjective) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?z??.n?t/, /?d?z??.ne?t/
- (verb) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?z??.ne?t/
Adjective
designate (not comparable)
- Designated; appointed; chosen.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir G. Buck to this entry?)
- (Britain) Used after a role title to indicate that the person has been selected but has yet to take up the role.
Verb
designate (third-person singular simple present designates, present participle designating, simple past and past participle designated)
- To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
- To call by a distinctive title; to name.
- To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; — with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.
Synonyms
- (mark out and make known): denote, describe, indicate, note
- (call by a distinctive title): denominate, entitle, name, style; see also Thesaurus:denominate
- (set apart for a purpose or duty): allocate, earmark; see also Thesaurus:set apart
Derived terms
- designated driver
- designated hitter
Related terms
- codesignative
- designation
- designative
- designatum
Translations
Further reading
- designate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- designate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Interlingua
Participle
designate
- past participle of designar
Italian
Verb
designate
- second-person plural present and imperative of designare
- feminine plural of designato
Adjective
designate
- feminine plural of designato
Anagrams
- disegnate
- sdegniate
Latin
Verb
d?sign?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of d?sign?
References
- designate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- designate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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