invited
past form of “invite” — increase the likelihood of
An inflected form of invite · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,190 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,038 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- increase the likelihood of also: ask for ask for troubleinvite criticism
- invite someone to one's house also: ask over, ask round Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?
- give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting also: tempt the window displays tempted the shoppers
- ask someone in a friendly way to do something also: bid
- have as a guest also: pay for I invited them to a restaurant
- ask to enter also: ask in We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee
invited in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
-
And Lady Maria had actually invited her to Mallowe.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
-
With some diffidence she invited the admiral to stay to supper, and was obviously delighted when he accepted.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
-
Hitherto Ethan Frome had been content to think him a mean fellow; but now he positively invited a horse-whipping.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
-
When I had told him my situation, he invited me to remain with him until I could find something better.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
-
Dolly wants to please everybody, thinking to get me votes for Congress, and so she has invited all creation and his wife.
Tracy Park: A Novel · Mary Jane Holmes · Chapter 1