Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“Invited” is a form of

invite

/ɪnˈvaɪt/ verb, noun

Forms invites inviting invited

  1. verb (transitive) To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something. “We invited our friends round for dinner.”
  2. verb (transitive) To request formally. “I invite you all to be seated.”
  3. verb (transitive) To encourage. “Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.”
  4. verb (transitive) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
  5. noun (informal) An invitation.

Synonyms

ask out ask beseech entreat request ask for encourage provoke lathe ask over ask round tempt bid pay for ask in call for receive take in

Etymology

From Middle French inviter, from Latin invītō. Displaced native English lathe.

From the verb invite.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion.
  2. verb To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
  3. verb To give invitation. Milton.

Etymology [L. invitare: cf. F. inviter. See Vie.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “invite”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “invite” (best matches first).

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