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invites

  • plural
    of invite.
    invite
    verb (used with object)
    to request the presence or participation of in a kindly, courteous, or complimentary way, especially to request to come or go to some place, gathering, entertainment, etc., or to do something.
  • present tense form
    of invite (3rd person singular).
    invite
    verb (used with object)
    to request the presence or participation of in a kindly, courteous, or complimentary way, especially to request to come or go to some place, gathering, entertainment, etc., or to do something.

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These films’ icy, forbidding majesty invites re-watch after re-watch; I’ve been cueing up “Barry Lyndon” every couple of years for four decades, and it always lands differently.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The network invites them into the studio so its audience can watch them lose.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Rather than declining invitations that you can’t afford, proffer your own invites for dinner or to a barbecue or the county fair.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

If George Lucas invites you to a party, you go.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

I’m always nice when I reject her invites because I get why the club is important.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold