invite to a meeting

Meaning

This expression means to officially request someone's attendance at a business discussion, presentation, or brainstorming session. It is commonly used when scheduling calendar events or sending email invitations. The tone is polite, standard, and highly collaborative.

Examples

• I will send a calendar link to invite you to a meeting tomorrow morning.

  I will send a calendar link to invite you to a meeting tomorrow morning.

• Did you remember to invite the marketing team to a meeting this afternoon?

  Did you remember to invite the marketing team to a meeting this afternoon?

• We should invite the stakeholders to a meeting to discuss the budget.

  We should invite the stakeholders to a meeting to discuss the budget.

• She plans to invite the new developers to a meeting to explain the codebase.

  She plans to invite the new developers to a meeting to explain the codebase.

• The manager asked me to invite everyone to a meeting regarding the new policy.

  The manager asked me to invite everyone to a meeting regarding the new policy.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I will invite you at a meeting next week.

  ✓ I will invite you to a meeting next week.

  The correct preposition to use after 'invite someone' is 'to', not 'at' or 'for'.

• ✗ He invited me for a meeting to discuss the project.

  ✓ He invited me to a meeting to discuss the project.

  While 'invite for [an event]' is sometimes heard casually, 'invite to a meeting' is the standard and correct collocation in professional English.

Related Expressions

Practice

• These are the colleagues whom I plan to ___.

  💡 Request their attendance at our discussion.

  Show answer

  invite to a meeting

• There are several external stakeholders we need to ___.

  💡 Ask the outside parties to join our conference.

  Show answer

  invite to a meeting