English-Finnish translations for invite

• kutsua
  Haluan kutsua heidät Belgiaan. I should like to invite them to Belgium.
  Sillä on siis oikeus olla täällä - se ei tarvitse kutsua. Thus, it has a right to be here; it does not need to be invited.
  Haluan kutsua teidät tässä ja nyt tuohon keskusteluun. I would like to invite you here and now to such a debate.
• esittää kutsu

Definition of invite

• To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something
• To request formally
• To encourage
• To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract
• An invitation

Examples

• We invited our friends round for dinner.
• I invite you all to be seated.
• I always invite criticism of my definitions.
• Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.

Related words

• invited
• invitee
• inviter
• uninvited
• uninvite
• uninvitedly
• reinvite
• invite in
• uninvited guest