Business English vocabulary · Deadlines and Scheduling
Calendar invite
Meaning in business english, with examples
/ˈkæləndər ˌɪnvaɪt/nounCore term
In business english, calendar invite means: An electronic invitation to a meeting or call that is sent through a calendar tool and adds the event to the guests' calendars when they accept it.
In Turkish: takvim daveti, toplantı daveti
How it is used
'Invite' as a noun is informal but normal in offices; 'meeting invitation' is more formal. You send, accept, decline or forward a calendar invite, and update it when the time changes.
Example sentences
I'll send you a calendar invite for Monday at 10.
I didn't get the calendar invite. Could you forward it to me?
Common collocations
send a calendar invite
accept the invite
decline the invite
update the invite
Related terms
availabilityThe times when someone is free to meet, talk or work on something.
rescheduleTo change the date or time of a meeting, call or event that was already planned.
time zoneOne of the areas of the world that use the same standard time; colleagues in different time zones start and finish work at different hours.
conference callA phone or online call in which three or more people in different places talk together at the same time.
forwardTo send an email or message that you have received to another person, often with a short comment of your own.
