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Definition: Invite |
InviteNoun1. A colloquial expression for invitation; "he didn't get no invite to the party". Verb1. Increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism". 2. Invite someone to one's house; "Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?". 3. Give rise to a desire. 4. Ask someone in a friendly way to do something. 5. Have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant". 6. Ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee". 7. Request the participation or presence of; "The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference". 8. Express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "invite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To dream that you invite persons to visit you, denotes that some unpleasant event is near, and will cause worry and excitement in your otherwise pleasant surroundings. If you are invited to make a visit, you will receive sad news. For a woman to dream that she is invited to attend a party, she will have pleasant anticipations, but ill luck will mar them. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Synonyms: InviteSynonyms: ask for (v), ask in (v), ask over (v), ask round (v), bid (v), call for (v), pay for (v), receive (v), take in (v), tempt (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attention | Catch the eye, strike the eye; attract notice; catch the attention, awaken the attention, wake the attention, invite the attention, solicit the attention, attract the attention, claim the attention excite the attention, engage the attention, occupy the attention, strike the attention, arrest the attention, fix the attention, engross the attention, absorb the attention, rivet the attention, catch the mind, awaken the mind, wake the mind, invite the mind, solicit the mind, attract the mind, claim the mind excite the mind, engage the mind, occupy the mind, strike the mind, arrest the mind, fix the mind, engross the mind, absorb the mind, rivet the mind, catch the thoughts, awaken the thoughts, wake the thoughts, invite the thoughts, solicit the thoughts, attract the thoughts, claim the thoughts excite the thoughts, engage the thoughts, occupy the thoughts, strike the thoughts, arrest the thoughts, fix the thoughts, engross the thoughts, absorb the thoughts, rivet the thoughts; be present to the mind, be uppermost in the mind. |
Motive | Persuade; prevail with, prevail upon; overcome, carry; bring round to one's senses, bring to one's senses; draw over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over; procure, enlist, engage; invite, court. |
Offer | Verb: offer, proffer, present, tender; bid; propose, move; make a motion, make advances; start; invite, hold out, place in one's way, put forward. |
Request | Verb: request, ask; beg, crave, sue, pray, petition, solicit, invite, pop the question, make bold to ask; beg leave, beg a boon; apply to, call to, put to; call upon, call for; make a request, address a request, prefer a request, put up a request, make a prayer, address a prayer, prefer a prayer, put up a prayer, make a petition, address a petition, prefer a petition, put up a petition; make application, make a requisition; ask trouble, ask one for; claim; (demand); offer up prayers; (worship); whistle for. |
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Crosswords: Invite |
| English words defined with "invite": after all, ask over, ask round ♦ call, call for, Clicker ♦ invite out ♦ reciprocate ♦ To call in, To call up. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "invite": Church Porch ♦ GOLD DROPPERS ♦ Invite ♦ Jehudi ♦ Karrows. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "invite": invitation. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Invite" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (invites). |
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Screenplays | Why did I ever invite that bear to lunch? (Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree; writing credit: A.A. Milne; Ralph Wright) Once you've been driven off a bridge at 80 mph, somehow, you don't invite happiness in without a full body search. (Vanilla Sky; writing credit: Alejandro Amenábar; Mateo Gil) I think he regifted, then he degifted, and now he's using an upstairs invite as a springboard to a Superbowl sex romp! (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Did you invite him to live with you? (The English Patient; writing credit: Anthony Minghella) You invite our enemies to our planet? (Shadow Raiders; writing credit: Christy Marx; Katherine Lawrence) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Invite monsieur dîner (1932) | |
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![]() | University Park where 300 residence sites invite the home builder - the investor The wonderful sale is now on! An event in Allegheny's history / / The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati, O. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Labor-management committees in various plants invite members of the armed forces to attend rallies of workers to emphasize the importance of production in the war effort. Here soldiers mingle with workers at the Johns-Manville plant, Manville, New Jersey. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Barbara Dane, James Johnson (Ft. Hood 3), Dr. Howard Levy, Peter Yarrow invite you to FTA : Freak the Army and other services ... Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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Pierre Corneille | Those who easily forgive invite offenses. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Committee may, if it thinks necessary, invite other Members to appoint representatives. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | Invite him to dinner, Emma, and help him to the best of the fish and the chicken, but leave him to chuse his own wife. |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | Earthmen are not proud of their ancestors, and never invite them round to dinner. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | His expression was kind, but it did not invite approach, and he never returned a look. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | And you invite me to be one of you. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They says you can invite folks if you want. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I saw nothing in this country that could invite me to a longer continuance, and began to think of returning home to England. |
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Health | Researchers then examine this information to determine if the epilepsy is in fact hereditary, and they may invite participants to enroll in genetic research studies. (references) | |
More individualized care plans, which are based on a better understanding of individual client preferences, may avoid the use of psychoactive drugs that invite iatrogenic complications. (references) | ||
Business | The airline plans to invite expressions of interest for a joint venture to upgrade these facilities. (references) | |
Since Osaka City is trying to invite the Summer Olympic Games of 2008 to the city, OPG is making efforts to "internationalize. (references) | ||
CPC will invite major international oil firms to be strategic investors in the second phase of the firm's privatization process. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Belarus | When the Cuban Embassy began the to prepare the documents, the Ministry of Justice recommended that Cuba invite the representatives of the proregime Belarusian Patriotic Youth Union instead. (references) |
Latvia | Foreign evangelists and missionaries are permitted to hold meetings and to proselytize, but the law stipulates that only domestic religious organizations may invite them to conduct such activities. (references) | |
Switzerland | The practice has been in effect since 1995, when a district court upheld fines levied on Scientologists by the city for accosting passersby to invite them onto their premises to sell them books and administer personality tests. (references) | |
Economic History | Madagascar | They also may invite a pastor to attend a famadihana. (references) |
Spain | Government agencies can also pre-qualify companies and invite them for a restricted procurement. (references) | |
Netherlands | Sharply rising inflation may invite trade unions to table higher than expected contract wage demands and trigger a feared for wage-price spiral. (references) | |
Human Rights | Russia | The Government did not invite the Special Rapporteur on Torture, the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions, or the Special Representative of the Secretary General on Internally Displaced Persons. (references) |
Travel | Bahamas | Business dinners are relatively rare, and Bahamians do not often invite new acquaintances to their homes. (references) |
Colombia | Anyone planning to invite Colombians who do not already hold current visas for business meetings, trade shows, training, etc. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Cameroon | The law provides for collective bargaining between workers and management in workplaces, as well as between labor federations and business associations in each sector of the economy; however, no formal collective bargaining negotiations have taken place since 1996. When labor disputes arise, the Government chooses which labor union to invite into the negotiations, selectively excluding some labor representatives. (references) |
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Senator Carl Levin | Well, I think Saddam would do anything to change the subject, basically. He'll delay, he'll slow-walk. So it's possible he would invite inspectors and then remove them, or find some excuse. Anything's possible with him. |
Yitzhak Rabin | I invite now President Assad to come to Jerusalem and to speak with me, with our Parliament, with whomever he wants to speak in Israel and in the territories among the Palestinians. |
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services they were temporary, I have the consolation to believe that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Clearly satisfied that the public good would be promoted by some suitable provision on the subject, I respectfully invite your attention to it. |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | Believing in our higher standards, reared through constitutional liberty and maintained opportunity, we invite the world to the same heights. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | We invite other countries to pool their technological resources in this undertaking. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Those who would be our adversaries, we invite to a peaceful competition--not in conquering territory or extending dominion, but in enriching the life of man. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Too many of our welfare programs are inequitable and invite abuse. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | NASA will invite other countries to participate so we can strengthen peace, build prosperity, and expand freedom for all who share our goals. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | This spring, I'll invite high-tech leaders to join me on another New Markets tour, to close the digital divide and open opportunity for our people. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | To sustain and extend the best that has emerged in America, I invite you to join the new USA Freedom Corps. |
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| "Invite" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 66.03% of the time. "Invite" is used about 1,250 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 66.03% | 825 | 8,483 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 31.89% | 399 | 14,004 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.08% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,250 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "invite": invite in ♦ invite out ♦ invite over ♦ invite round ♦ invite smb. for a drink ♦ invite tenders for ♦ invite trouble ♦ invite up. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Afrikaans | uitnooi, nooi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ftoj (ask, ask along, call). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أغرى (addict, bait, beckon, bring, entice, importune, induce, inveigle, lead on, seduce, suborn, tempt, undo), شجع (animate, cheer, comfort, countenance, cultivate, embolden, encourage, feed, fortify, foster, hearten, inspirit, instigation, nerve, promote, root, spur, support), دعا (allege, beckon, bid, call, claim, contend, enter a plea, feign, fetch, name, plead, profess, purport, recall, set up, summon, term, warn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | каня (ask, kite, mean), навличам си (contract, incur, run into), предизвиквам (arouse, bring, bring on, dare, defy, elicit, engender, fly in the face of, give birth, give rise to, give to rise, induce, instigate, outbrave, pick, provoke, raise, rouse, set up, shape up, sow, stump, throw out a challenge, touch off, urge, work up), приканвам, привличам (align, allure, appeal, attach, attract, draw on, entice, fetch, inveigle, pull, seduce, whip up), поканвам (ask, bid, call in, call on, have, offer), покана (bid, bidding, call, dare, engagement, invitation, invitation card), подтиквам (actuate, fillip, goad, help forward, hypo, impel, incite, inspire, invigorate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, resolve, spur, stir up, urge on), подканвам (motivate, urge), изкушавам (tempt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 邀請 , 邀请 (invitation, invited, inviting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pozvat (ask, bid, call). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | indbyde. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vragen (ask, ask for, beg, bid, request), uitnodigen (prompting, to prompt), noden (needs), inviteren. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | inviti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | bjóða (advance, bid, make an offer of, offer, propose, suggest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مهمان کردن (Banquet, Guest, Treat), وعده گرفتن , وعده دادن , طلبیدن (Ask, Crave, Seek), خواندن (Intone, Read, Reading, Spell), دعوت کردن (Ask, Bid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kutsua (ask, call, summon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | inviter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | noegje, noadzje. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | einladen (ask, ask out, entertain, extend, have around, invite out, invite round, load, to invite, treat), bitten (appeal, ask, ask for, ask request, beg, beseech, bid, petition, petitions, plead, pleading, prithee, request, solicit, solicitation, Sue, to ask request, to please, to request), auffordern (ask, ask to dance, challenge, request, summon, to invite, to summon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προσκαλώ (call on, have in, invite to). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaiian | ftoj. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לזמן (convene, prepare, summon), ל"זמין (ask, send for). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | meghívás (bid, bidding, invitation), meghív (ask, bade, bid, bidden, to bid, to lathe), hív (call, summon, to call, to clepe, to get in, to invoke, yclept), felszólít (call, to call on, to call upon, to desire, to summon, to warn, warn), ösztönöz (drive, excite, incite, innervate, spur, stimulate, to actuate, to incite, to inspire, to prick, to touch up, to urge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | bióða. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mengundang (convoke), mengajak (ask), mempersilakan (ask). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | invitare (ask, bid, summon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 請う (to ask, to invite, to request), 招く (to invite), 募る (etc, participation, to invite, to solicit help). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そなう (to ask, to call, to induce, to invite, to lure, to tempt), しばいにさそう (to invite a person to the theater), しょうじいれる (to invite or usher in), まねく (to invite), さそう (to call out, to invite), さそいかける (to invite), さそい"む (to entice, to invite someone to join in, to tempt), さそい'かける (to call out, to invite), さそい す (to invite out, to lure), うながす (to demand, to incite, to invite, to press, to quicken, to stimulate, to suggest, to urge), つのる (to invite), いざなう (to ask, to call, to induce, to invite, to lure, to tempt), "う (10^38, 1st in rank, 7th in rank, be bent, benefit, body cavity, boorish, box, clause, companion, compare with, daimyo, duke, effect, efficacy, efficiency, entertainment, female phoenix bird, filial piety, first sign of the Chinese calendar, grade A, happiness, head, height, hill, hundred sextillion, hundred undecillion, incense, instep, interest, item, knoll, long ages, lord, luck, main, manuscript, marquis, paragraph, pleasure, prince, proof, public, result, rising ground, same kind, -school, season, sentence, seventh sign of the Chinese calendar, shell, subordinate, success, such, this, threat, thus, to ask, to be in love, to invite, to request, urgent, verbal pause, version, weather), よびいれる (to bring in, to call in, to invite), よぶ (to call out, to invite). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 초대하십시". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | ajak ... mengajak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cuirrey (banquet, cite, feast, invitation, sow), cuirr (disseminate, dissemination, grow, implant, let down, plan, set, shoot, shoot as nets, sow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | invitere. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | invitá, kombidá. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inviteay zaprosić. (various references) convidar (ask, bid, issue an invitation, solicit, to invite), invitar. (various references) convidar (to invite). (various references) invita (ask, bid, book, call in, call on, solicit, summon, take out, tempt). (various references) envidar (to invite). (various references) kanìzava (to invite). (various references) приглашать (ask, call in, retain). (various references) fiadhaich (boisterous, savage, tempestuous). (various references) zvati (call, summon), pozvati (ask, call, call in, call on, call up). (various references) -koka (to invite). (various references) invitar (ask, ask along, ask back, ask out, ask round, have down, have up, invite out, invite over, set up, take out). (various references) invitera, inbjuda (ask), bjuda (advance, bid, enjoin, entertain, go, offer, order, propose, say, suggest, treat). (various references) anyayáhan. (various references) istemek (ask, ask for, be spoiling for, bespeak, call for, call on, call upon, choose, claim, court, demand, desire, enjoin, exact, fancy, hanker, hope, intend, like, long, request, require, requisition, seek, solicit, sue for, want, will, wish), neden olmak (beget, bring, bring about, bring along, call forth, cause, conduce, cost, create, determine, do, draw on, encompass, engender, excite, give rise to, incline, originate, procure, produce, provoke, raise, touch off, trigger), davet etmek (ask, bade, bid, call, call in, challenge, convoke, court, cry out), çekmek (abide, absorb, arrest, attract, be a sufferer by, be a sufferer from, be cursed with smth., bear, bear with, captivate, carry, catch, charm, claw, conjugate, decline, drag, draw, draw off, draw on, draw out, dwindle, engage, engross, extract, fetch, glamor, glamour, go through, go to scale at, grind, grip, haul, heave, hitch, hoist, hold, inflect, inhale, last out, lug, lump, magnetize, pass through, pique, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull away, pull over, pull up, receive, record, run up, scale in, scale out, schlep, schlepp, shoot, shrink, sip, siphon, siphon off, soak, soak in, sop up, stand the racket, stretch, suck, suffer, sustain, syphon, syphon off, take, take after, take one's medicine, throw back, toss, tow, tow away, tug, turn the scale at, undergo, up with, whisk, withdraw), çağırmak (call, call away, call for, call in, cite, cry out, hail, invoke, shout to, sing, summon, whistle up). (various references) зagyrmak (summon), зagarmak (call). (various references) схиляти (bias, dispose, predispose), запрошувати (ask, bid, book, call in, indite), запрошення (bid, calling, card, engagement, invitation), привертати (commend, draw, predispose). (various references) gwahodd (bid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | accendam, acces, accitis, accitisque, accitoque, accitum, adhibe, adhibebitur, adhibere, adhibui, adhibuissent, advocabit, advocans, advocantem, advocatum, advocatus, advocaverit, arcessierunt, arcessito, inrogaverit, invitati, invitatis, invitatos, invitatus, invitaverat, invitavit, roga, rogabamus, rogabant, rogabat, rogabis, rogabit, rogabitis, rogabitque, rogabo, rogabunt, rogamus, rogandum, rogans, rogant, rogante, rogantes, rogantibus, rogare, rogaremus, rogaret, rogas, rogasti, rogastis, rogat, rogate, rogati, rogaveris, rogavero, rogaverunt, rogaveruntque, rogavi, rogavimus, rogavit, rogavitque, rogent, roges, roget, rogetis, rogo. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 22, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Poreuesqe oun epi taV diexodouV twn odwn kai osouV an eurhte kalesate eiV touV gamouV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ite ergo ad exitus viarum et quoscumque inveneritis vocate ad nuptias |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ða eoden þa þeowes ut on þa wegas& ge-gaderedon ealle þa þe hyo ge-mettongode & yfele. Ða wæron þa gyfton-hus. midsittenden mannen ge-felledde. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Therfor go ye to the endis of weies, and whom euere ye fynden, clepe ye to the weddyngis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Go ye therfore out into ye hyewayes and as many as ye finde byd them to the mariage. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, invite to the marriage. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 22, Verse 9 |
| Cebuano | Busa pangadto hinoon kamo sa kadalanan, ug bisan kinsay inyong ihibalag didto, dapita ninyo sila sa kombira.` |
| Croatian | Poðite stoga na raskršæa i koga god naðete, pozovite na svadbu!'" |
| Danish | Går derfor ud på Skillevejene og byder til Brylluppet så mange, som I finde! |
| Dutch | Daarom gaat op de uitgangen der wegen, en zovelen als gij er zult vinden, roept ze tot de bruiloft. |
| Finnish | Menkää siis teiden risteyksiin ja kutsukaa häihin, keitä tapaatte.` |
| French | Allez donc dans les carrefours, et appelez aux noces tous ceux que vous trouverez. |
| German | Darum gehet hin auf die Straßen und ladet zur Hochzeit, wen ihr findet. |
| Hungarian | Menjetek azért a keresztútakra, és a kiket csak találtok, hívjátok be a menyegzõbe. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pergilah sekarang ke jalan-jalan raya, dan undanglah sebanyak mungkin orang ke pesta kawin ini.' |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Sebab itu pergilah kamu ke simpang-simpang jalan, dan seberapa banyak orang yang kamu berjumpa, jemputlah kepada perjamuan kawin itu. |
| Italian | andate ora ai crocicchi delle strade e tutti quelli che troverete, chiamateli alle nozze. |
| Latvian | Tâpçc izejiet krustceïos un aiciniet kâzâs, ko vien atradîsiet! |
| Manx Gaelic | Gow-jee magh er-y-fa shen gys ny raaidyn mooarey, as whilleen as yiow shiu, cuir-jee gys y vannish. |
| Maori | Na haere koutou ki nga pekanga o nga ara, a tonoa mai ki te marena te hunga katoa e kite ai koutou. |
| Norwegian | gå derfor ut på veiskjellene og be til bryllups så mange I finner! |
| Portuguese | Ide, pois, pelas encruzilhadas dos caminhos, e a quantos encontrardes, convidai-os para as bodas. |
| Rumanian | Duceyi-vq dar la rqspkntiile drumurilor, wi chemayi la nuntq pe toyi aceia pe cari -i veyi gqsi.` |
| Russian | ЙФБЛ ПК"ЙФЕ ОБ ТБУ ХФЙС Й ЧУЕИ, ЛПЗП ОБК"ЕФЕ, ЪПЧЙФЕ ОБ 'ТБЮОЩК ЙТ. |
| Shuar | Tuma asamtai pepru Jintí werum Ashí shuar Nánkamas Wáintrum nu ipiaatarum" timiai. |
| Spanish | Id, pues, a las encrucijadas de los caminos y llamad al banquete de bodas a cuantos halléis." |
| Swahili | Basi, nendeni kwenye barabara na wowote wale mtakaowakuta waiteni waje arusini.` |
| Swedish | Gån därför ut till vägskälen och bjuden till bröllopet alla som I träffen på.' |
| Uma | Wae-pi, hilou-mokoi hi ohea kama, hema-hema to nirua', bawai-ramo tumai mpokaralai susa' poncamokoa.' |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "invite": invited, invitee, invitees, inviter, inviters, invites. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "invite": disinvite, reinvite. (additional references) | |
Words containing "invite": disinvited, disinvites, reinvited, reinvites, uninvited. (additional references) | |
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"Invite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: iinvitee, inait, inevi, ingite, iniate, inito, Innsite, Insite, invide, Invit, invita, invitar, invitta, invote, Iuvdt, Nevitt, niavite, Nivasher. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "invite" (pronounced i'nvī"t) |
| 5 | i' n v ī" t | disinvite. |
| 4 | -n v ī" t | reinvite. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-i-n-t-v" | |
-2 letters: inti, nevi, nite, tine, vein, vent, vine. | |
-3 letters: net, nit, ten, tie, tin, vet, vie. | |
-4 letters: en, et, in, it, ne, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-i-n-t-v" | |
+1 letter: eviting, invited, invitee, inviter, invites, unitive, viniest, vitrine. | |
+2 letters: divinest, evicting, eviction, genitive, inactive, inverity, invitees, inviters, lenitive, monitive, punitive, reinvite, riveting, thieving, vanitied, vanities, veiniest, vitamine, vitellin, vitrines, vituline. | |
+3 letters: antivenin, cognitive, deviating, deviation, disinvest, disinvite, diverting, divesting, evictions, genitival, genitives, incentive, inceptive, inductive, infective, ingestive, injective, intensive, interview, intrusive, intuitive, invective, inventing, invention, inventive, inverting, investing, inviolate, lenitives, naiveties, novitiate, nutritive, olivenite, plaintive, reinvited, reinvites, rivetting, sensitive, tantivies, uninvited, unvisited, viewpoint, vigilante, vindicate, vitamines, vitelline, vitellins. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 76 69 74 65 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. ...- .. - . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01110110 01101001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n v i t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0076 0069 0074 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)438088758671 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Afrikaans | woordeboek, definisie, vertaling | Afrikaans, бурски език, африканс, 南非荷兰语, afrikánština, Zuidafrikaans, afrikansa lingvo, afrikansa, d'Afrikanders, afrikanisch, Afrikander, Afrikaander, dél-afrikai holland nyelv, アフリカーンス語 , アフタ性口内炎 , アフリカーンス", アフリカーンス , африкаанс, afrikans, africaans, güney afrika hollanda lehçesi, бурська мова |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | Albaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanskt, albanialainen, Albanais, Albaneesk, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, arbnisht, arbërisht, albán, albanskur, albanska, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | Arabies, arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk |