invest

Meaning

Verb

1. To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
2. (dated, transitive) To clothe or wrap (with garments).
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To put on (clothing).
4. To envelop, wrap, cover.
5. To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
6. To ceremonially install someone in some office.
7. To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
8. To formally give (power or authority).
9. To surround, accompany, or attend.
10. To lay siege to.
11. (intransitive) To make investments.
12. To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
13. (intransitive) To cause to be involved in; to cause to form strong attachments to.
14. (Spanish) To inaugurate the Prime Minister of Spain after a successful parliamentary vote.

Noun

A designated area of disturbed weather that is being monitored for potential tropical cyclone development.

Synonyms

clothe

place

vest

endue

lay out

put

indue

adorn

spend

commit

finance

pay

💸

induct

empower

contribute

seat

💺

fund

authorize

appoint

set

station

🚉

gift

🎁

robe

environ

lay

locate

enthrone

endow

encompass

install

enclose

capital invested

emplace

embed

capital formation

armour

embark

dress

👗

beset

dispose

gear up

devote

base

armor

garb

deposit

fort

fit out

gird

deploy

Translations

investir

investire

investieren

invertir

investir

επενδύω

anlegen

invertir

investir

investeren

placer

περιβάλλω

beleggen

impiegare

استثمر

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈvɛst/

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.