invite over for dinner

Meaning

This phrase means to ask someone to come to your home to eat an evening meal that you will provide or cook. The word 'over' emphasizes the movement of coming to your residence.

Examples

• We should invite our new neighbors over for dinner this weekend.

  We should invite our new neighbors over for dinner this weekend.

• I'm going to invite my boss over for dinner to celebrate the promotion.

  I'm going to invite my boss over for dinner to celebrate the promotion.

• They invited us over for dinner, and she made an amazing lasagna.

  They invited us over for dinner, and she made an amazing lasagna.

• How often do you invite your friends over for dinner?

  How often do you invite your friends over for dinner?

• She wants to invite her parents over for dinner to share the big news.

  She wants to invite her parents over for dinner to share the big news.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I invited them to over for dinner.

  ✓ I invited them over for dinner.

  Do not put 'to' before 'over' in this expression.

• ✗ We invited them over to dinner.

  ✓ We invited them over for dinner.

  Use the preposition 'for' when referring to a meal (dinner, lunch, breakfast).

Related Expressions

Practice

• It is always a lovely gesture to ___ when they move in next door.

  💡 To ask your new neighbors to your house to share a home-cooked evening meal.

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  invite them over for dinner

• Since I love cooking, I often ___ on the weekend.

  💡 To host people at your house for a meal.

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  invite friends over for dinner