invited
v.v. to ask someone to come to an event like a party, a meal, or a meeting. You can also use it when you ask someone to do something in a polite way.
v. to request the presence or participation of someone in a social or formal event. Transitive; often used in the passive voice to describe social inclusion or formal summons.
She invited all her friends to the birthday party.
The committee invited several experts to speak at the conference next month.
Although the CEO invited feedback from the entire staff, many employees remained hesitant to share their honest opinions during the open forum.
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object. It is frequently followed by the preposition 'to' and a noun phrase, or an infinitive clause.
I invited to him for dinnerI invited him to dinnerInvite is a transitive verb; the person being asked must be the direct object without a preposition.