different between invites vs invite

English

Noun

invites

1. plural of invite

Verb

invites

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of invite

Anagrams

• viniest

Asturian

Verb

invites

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of invitar

Catalan

Verb

invites

1. second-person singular present indicative form of invitar

French

Verb

invites

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of inviter

Anagrams

• investi

Latin

Verb

inv?t?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of inv?t?

Spanish

Verb

invites

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of invitar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of invitar.

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.