invites 1 of 2

verb

Definition of invitesnext
present tense third-person singular of invite
1
as in asks
to request the presence or participation of she's invited only select friends to visit her new house

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2
as in woos
to act so as to make (something) more likely you're just inviting ridicule by making such outrageous claims

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invites

2 of 2

noun

plural of invite
as in invitations
a request for the presence or participation of someone at a specified time and place He finagled an invite to an exclusive Hollywood party.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for invites
  1. asks
  2. invitations
  3. seeks
Verb
  • Advertisement The suit asks the courts to block the law from going into effect.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Young asks if the potential customer has a corporate sponsor and cites companies including Audible and Bloomberg as clients.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of asks
Noun
  • Plus, its members can gain access to benefits like hard-to-secure reservations, preferred rates at luxury hotels, and invitations to sold-out and invite-only concerts and sporting events.
    Alexandra York, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • With the right approach, ideas that initially seem threatening can be seen as invitations to dialogue rather than as attacks.
    Shaun Carver, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of invitations
Verb
  • Unlike Synopsys and Ansys, whose focus is on technological integration for market leadership, the Honda-Nissan merger seeks to reclaim their status as culturally influential brands.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The last quarter moon in Libra seeks to find harmony.
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of seeks
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