invited

verb

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 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 Then, she was invited to a New Year's celebration where the host asked everyone to make a vision board. — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Throughout the evening, guests were invited to enjoy a series of cocktails and four different expressions of The Balvenie, which recently collaborated with artist Daniel Arsham on a special case for The 1931 Collection. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Born out of a setup that beggars belief — weeks before heading to prison, convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes invited the filmmakers to embed with her and her family — YCSE has been handled like a priceless heirloom by its distributor, A24. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026 Eight days later, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gleefully invited the nation to tune in, via live stream, for the death by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, scheduled for December 3rd. — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026 After being shown my room, I was invited to have breakfast at the main dining venue, La Cupola. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026 Eventually, however, she was invited to New York to audition and landed the role. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026 Last month, Prince Mohammed flew to Egypt to meet President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, then invited UAE Vice President Sheik Mansour bin Zayed to Riyadh a few weeks later to discuss regional developments. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invited
  1. asked
  2. wooed
  3. sought
Verb
  • When asked about potential trust issues, Al Hassan pointed to the government’s history of completing projects and handling emergencies, like the pandemic.
    — Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
  • By the editing stage, the music had become so integral to the film that Haynes asked composer Marcelo Zarvos to rearrange and adapt it.
    — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of asked
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  • 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
Definition of wooed
Verb
  • The show sought to expand norms of representation—a project whose sincerity all but courts the cringeworthy—with artists hell-bent on deconstructing the drive for beauty, including Orlan, Sara Cwynar, Juno Calypso, and Haley Morris-Cafiero.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In response, the streaming giant has sought to diversify its content in recent years, expanding into live sports, documentaries and video games in order to compete for share of consumer attention.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of sought

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