invited

past tense of invite
1
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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2
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 Participants are invited to leave something at the community altar. — Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 Successful candidates will then be invited to spend a day at the bank’s offices where they are tested on banking regulation, their use of AI, and their ability to build calculations. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026 Her singing caught the attention of Abboud Saadi, the bassist for Lebanon’s most famous singer, Fairuz, who invited her to a recording session with Bypass Studio owner Ziad Rahbani. — Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026 Health, finance and transport ministers will meet next week with regional organizations invited, to discuss national and cross-border measures. — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Horror’s bloody images lurk in the shadows – from ghouls leering over people’s lawns to skeletons hanging from trees – whether invited or not. — Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026 And actually, Zavier invited me out to the Spinning Gold movie premiere. — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2026 On Sunday, Michelle invited a therapist to their home to chat with her boys. — Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026 Two former speakers, Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich are Catholics, as is John Boehner, who invited Pope Francis to address Congress. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invited
Verb
  • But when asked about Cohen on Tuesday, Riley heaped praise on the athletic director.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Deanna Paul, an attorney for Tal, said that the brothers asked them and their wives not to attend.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Luca Guadagnino One of the best films of the 2010s, this drama stars Timothée Chalamet as a boy who discovers his own sexuality when he’s wooed by an older man, played by Armie Hammer.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
  • When asked who might be the greatest thinker in America, the boy immediately suggests Professor Jacob Barnhardt (Sam Jaffe), an Albert Einstein analogue who's wooed by Klaatu's solutions to a particularly tricksy math equation.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The plan sought to provide basic guarantees to secure African American voting rights, alleviate discrimination in voting, and prosecute lynch mobs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The Benbrook City Council passed an ordinance aimed at restricting development in flood-prone areas a year after a home builder sought to develop a section of land in the Mary’s Creek floodplain.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2026

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“Invited.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invited. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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