{
    "term": "invite",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "invite",
            "heSheIt": "invites"
        },
        "pastSimple": "invited",
        "pastParticiple": "invited",
        "ingForm": "inviting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to ask somebody to come to a social event",
            "sensetop": "invite somebody to somethinginvite somebodyinvite somebody for somethinginvite somebody to do something",
            "labels": "(informal or North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Have you been invited to their party?",
                    "contextForm": "invite somebody to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She very kindly invited me to lunch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'd have liked to have gone but I wasn't invited.",
                    "contextForm": "invite somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My mother invited a few friends that she hadn't seen for 20 years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's invite them all for dinner.",
                    "contextForm": "invite somebody for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have invited me to go to Paris with them.",
                    "contextForm": "invite somebody to do something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["formally", "officially", "cordially"],
                "preposition": ["into", "for", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to ask somebody formally to go somewhere or do something; to make a formal or polite request for something",
            "sensetop": "invite somebodyinvite somebody for somethinginvite somebody to somethinginvite somethinginvite something from somebodyinvite somebody to do something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The bishop invited representatives from all the parishes in the diocese.",
                    "contextForm": "invite somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Successful candidates will be invited for interview next week.",
                    "contextForm": "invite somebody for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Clarke was not invited to the meeting.",
                    "contextForm": "invite somebody to something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ministry had invited tenders for the demolition of the buildings.",
                    "contextForm": "invite something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He invited questions from the audience.",
                    "contextForm": "invite something from somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Readers are invited** to email their comments to us.",
                    "contextForm": "invite somebody to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was **invited to attend** the Paris Peace Conference in 1919."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Audience members are **invited to participate** in the discussion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In 1956 she was **invited to join** the Bolshoi Ballet as a soloist."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You are cordially invited to attend the annual parish meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If he has any complaints to make, I invite him to do so."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["formally", "officially", "cordially"],
                "preposition": ["into", "for", "to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make something, especially something bad or unpleasant, likely to happen",
            "sensetop": "invite somethinginvite somebody/something to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Such comments are just inviting trouble.",
                    "contextForm": "invite something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Such harsh punishments invited prisoners to respond with defiance.",
                    "contextForm": "invite somebody/something to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film seems to invite comparison with ‘The Italian Job’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hype and fervour surrounding the event positively invited scepticism."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["positively", "practically"],
                "verb + invite": ["seem to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvaɪt/",
                "audio": "in/invite/invite__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvaɪts/",
                "audio": "in/invite/invites__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvaɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "in/invite/invited__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/invite/inviting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvaɪt/",
                "audio": "in/invite/invite__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvaɪts/",
                "audio": "in/invite/invites__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvaɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "in/invite/invited__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/invite/inviting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from Old French inviter, or from Latin invitare."
}