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Is invite really a noun?
Yes. Some people feel strongly that the role of invite should be restricted to that of verb, but the English language changes and grows according to its own peculiar whims, and not those of people who write angry letters to dictionaries. The process whereby a word changes its part of speech is called functional shift, and there are tens of thousands of words which have done this. Some of them just bother people more than others, and invite (along with gift and friend, which have changed in the opposite direction) is one that attracts considerable opprobrium.
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Examples of invite in a Sentence
The Courier-Journal, 1 Apr. 2024
All high schools in Arizona are invited to nominate students to be included in an online poll where azcentral.com readers vote to choose the Student of the Week.
—Marcus Reichley, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
The remaining 56 contestants were invited to the stage and congratulated by the judges — but the celebration was short-lived, when the judges revealed that the group will be cut down to 24 during tomorrow’s episode.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024
During the unveiling event, members of the community in attendance were invited to add hand prints to the mural.
—Lezlie Sterling, Sacramento Bee, 31 Mar. 2024
Regular open forums can initiate this shift, inviting dialogue on social issues and shaping company values.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The tournament will next take place in Seoul, South Korea, between Sept. 21 - 28, with teams from 64 countries total invited to participate and separate competition pools for men's and women's teams, per the organization's website.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
More than 240 galleries from around the world were invited to participate, up more than a third from last year.
—Stephy Chung, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
Now, he’s often invited and paid by groups to post videos of himself dancing at their events.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
Sending a casual invite with a deadline doesn’t seem very personable.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
Instead, the focus should be on whether those sending out the invites are selecting the right creators for the job.
—Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2024
Pomeranz, who is in camp as a non-roster invite, has not allowed a run in either of his two outings.
—Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 29 Feb. 2024
The eventual winner of the coveted Series Mania Award at Co-Pro Series, consisting of an invite to pitch at the French TV festival’s Forum’s Co-Pro Pitching Sessions.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
The Masters, the first major of the season that tees off next month, offers automatic invites to any player who ranked inside the world’s top-50 in the previous calendar year or in the week prior to the tournament.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
The Academy Awards is, of course, the ne plus ultra of Hollywood tickets, a show so drenched in glitter and glamour that, famously, even the famous sometimes don’t get an invite.
—USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
The best Olen’s team can hope for is a regular-season Big West title and perhaps an invite to the College Basketball Invitational.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Invite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invite. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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