Thesaurus results for INVITED

invited

verb

past tense of invite

as in asked

to request the presence or participation of she's invited only select friends to visit her new house

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as in wooed

to act so as to make (something) more likely you're just inviting ridicule by making such outrageous claims

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Recent Examples of invited At the Miami event on May 2, guests were invited to explore the world of Carrera with a live car painting competition fusing art, culture and automotive design. —

Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 20 June 2026 Earle also invited followers to decode the mystery in real time, generating massive engagement and UCG — not to mention sales for Reale Actives — in the process. —

Danielle Directo-Meston, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2026 Moore’s husband and business partner, Grant Tinker, invited Burrows to Los Angeles to direct an episode of the comedy. —

Beth Harris, Fortune, 20 June 2026 The leader of the party that has a working majority in parliament is automatically invited by the monarch to form a government, so would not need to call a general election. —

Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 19 June 2026 When Bonnie is invited to a sleepover with her new friends in her Lilypad chat group, Jessie and her horse, Bullseye, try to join her for the trip, but are left behind in the car after the girl’s friends make fun of her for still playing with toys. —

Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 Freddy was invited to Langley’s concert on Thursday night and got to meet her. —

Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026 In 1982, Evelyn was invited to sing as part of the Bobby Vinton Telethon for Polish Relief broadcast on WGN-Channel 9. —

Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026 Organizers invited participants to reflect on belonging, ancestry, hospitality, culture and identity while presenting some of their strongest work. —

J.m. Banks june 13, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for invited

Verb

Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to call the Allegheny County police tip line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS.

— Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 21 June 2026
She was asked to join because of her extensive research and writing about the structure of indigent defense.

— Anat Rubin, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026

Definition of asked

Verb

Marissa Roy, a deputy attorney general with the California Department of Justice who leads the race with ballots still being counted, wooed voters with shoe leather and social media savvy, promising to use the office to fight for wage workers and tenants.

— Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
This is, after all, the island that has wooed Roman emperors, including Tiberius, who allegedly carried out all sorts of debauchery at his hilltop Villa Jovis, which remains one of the Capri’s top attractions.

— Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2026

Definition of wooed

Verb

Uber fired the first shot with a ballot measure that sought to cap how much attorneys can earn in lawsuits involving auto accidents.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
More than a decade ago, her association sought the same change at the federal level and was unsuccessful — opposed at the time by Wine Institute.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026