invest
/ɪnˈvɛst/US /ɪnˈvɛst/invest
VERBDefinition of invest
If you invest your money, you use your money to make more money.
Example: IBM may invest new money in the company.
If you invest in something, you spend time or money to make it better.
Example: The province has invested $20 million to improve transportation in cities.
If you invest someone with a power, you give it to them.
If something invests someone with a quality, it makes them appear to have that quality.
Example: His white hair invested him with a sense of intelligence.
invest
EXAMPLESExamples of invest
IBM may invest new money in the company.
Example sentenceIf you invested heavily in Internet companies in the 90s, you made a lot of money.
Example sentenceThe province has invested $20 million to improve transportation in cities.
Example sentenceShe invested all her spare time to make her small business succeed.
Example sentenceHis white hair invested him with a sense of intelligence.
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