invest
//ɪnˈvɛst//
Forms
- present (v1)
- invest
- past (v2)
- invested
- past participle (v3)
- invested
- present participle
- investing
- 3rd person singular
- invests
- Plural
- invests
Definitions
1.To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
- We'd like to thank all the contributors who have invested countless hours into this event.
- We did not spend. We invested. [CEO Jeff Housenbold: He's learning!] I invest. Yes, I invested. I invested in a city for the contestants.
- The authors predicted that when believers were deeply invested in a world view that had social support, believers would maintain their beliefs even when actual events disproved their worldview.
2.To envelop, wrap, cover.
3.To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
4.To ceremonially install someone in some office.
1.A designated area of disturbed weather that is being monitored for potential tropical cyclone development.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2048
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French investir or Medieval Latin investire, from Latin investio (“to clothe, cover”), from in- (“in, on”) + vestio (“to clothe, dress”), from vestis (“clothing”); see vest.
The sense “to spend money etc.” probably via Italian investire, of the same root.