invite
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a colloquial expression for invitation
he didn't get no invite to the party
Types & categories
- invitation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
increase the likelihood of
ask for trouble
Types & categories
- arouse hypernym
Related & opposite
- invitation derivation
Sense 3 verb
invite someone to one's house
Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?
Types & categories
- request hypernym
Related & opposite
- invitation derivation
- invite derivation
- guest derivation
- invitatory derivation
- ask in verb group
Sense 4 verb
give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
the window displays tempted the shoppers
Types & categories
- stimulate hypernym
Related & opposite
- invitation derivation
- enticement derivation
- tempter derivation
- temptable derivation
Sense 5 verb
ask someone in a friendly way to do something
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- invitation derivation
- summons derivation
- acquiescent derivation
Sense 6 verb
have as a guest
I invited them to a restaurant
Types & categories
- interact hypernym
Related & opposite
- ask out also see
- invitation derivation
- invite derivation
- guest derivation
- invitatory derivation
Sense 7 verb
ask to enter
We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- invitation derivation
- ask over verb group
Sense 8 verb
request the participation or presence of
The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference
Types & categories
- request hypernym
Related & opposite
- invitation derivation
- invitatory derivation
- request verb group
Sense 9 verb
express willingness to have in one's home or environs
The community warmly received the refugees
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- invitation derivation
- receptive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ask over |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pay for |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | invitation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | invitation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | arouse |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | invitation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | invite |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | guest |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | invitatory |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | ask in |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | request |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | invitation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | enticement |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tempter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | temptable |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | stimulate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | invitation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | summons |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquiescent |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | request |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | allure |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | challenge |
| 6 | also see | Related & opposite | ask out |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | invitation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | invite |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | guest |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | invitatory |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | interact |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | invitation |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | ask over |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | request |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | call in |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | invitation |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | invitatory |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | request |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | request |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | invitation |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | receptive |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | welcome |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | absorb |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | see |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | assume |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | induct |