0 past simple and past participle of invite
1 to ask or request someone to go to an event:
We're invited to Lola's party.
Candidates who are successful in the written test will be invited for an interview.
[ + obj + to infinitive ] Her family invited me to stay with them for a few weeks.
2 to request something, especially formally or politely:
3 to act in a way that causes or encourages something to happen or someone to believe or feel something:
Behaving provocatively in class is just inviting trouble.
Such a badly presented exhibition invites criticism.
She invited a lot of people to the party but half of them didn't turn up.
All the mums and dads are invited to the school play at the end of the year.
Potential participants were invited to attend interviews, and participation was voluntary.
A group of scholars were therefore invited to present their national case stories from the field.
But in dramatic situations involving 'real music', verisimilitude invited musical expansiveness.
