Definition, synonyms and related words
simple past tense and past participle of invite
"She invited her friends to the party last weekend, and they all accepted."
In plain English: Invited means someone asked you to go somewhere or do something.
"We invited our friends to the party last night."
Usage: Use "invited" to describe someone who was asked to attend an event or included in a group in the past. Do not use it as an adjective meaning "welcome," which requires the word "welcomed" instead.
Having been asked to attend.
"She was invited to the wedding by her aunt, so she packed her dress last night."
In plain English: Invited means someone has been asked to come to a place or event.
"She was invited to the wedding as a guest of honor."
Usage: Use "invited" as an adjective only after a noun to describe someone who has received an invitation to attend an event, such as in "the invited guests." Avoid using it before a noun or with linking verbs like "is," where the past participle form is grammatically required.
Derived from Latin invitatus, the past participle of invitare meaning "to entice" or "to welcome." It entered English via Old French, retaining its core sense of being asked to attend.