invest
/in'vest/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To allocate money or resources with the expectation of generating a profit or income in the future: This is the primary financial meaning, involving committing capital to an asset, project, or venture.
- To endow or provide with a quality, power, or authority: To formally grant or bestow a right, responsibility, or characteristic upon someone or something.
- To install formally in a position or office; to induct: To ceremoniously establish someone in a role, often with associated rights and duties.
Usage and Examples
- Financial Allocation:
- She decided to invest her savings in the stock market.
- The company plans to invest heavily in renewable energy research.
- Bestowing Qualities or Authority:
- The new law invests the committee with significant regulatory powers.
- His calm demeanor invests him with an air of authority.
- Formal Installation:
- The ceremony was held to invest the new chancellor of the university.
Advanced Usage and Nuances
- "Invest in" (Phrasal Verb): To put money, time, or energy into something to gain a future benefit.
- He invested years in mastering his craft.
- It's wise to invest in a good education.
- "Invest with": To formally endow or imbue with a particular quality or right.
- The legend invests the old castle with a sense of mystery.
- Passive Voice: Often used to describe where authority or meaning is placed.
- The position is invested with great responsibility.
Variants and Related Words
- Investment (n): The act of investing or the asset in which one invests.
- Making a smart investment is crucial for financial growth.
- Investor (n): A person or organization that commits capital with the expectation of financial returns.
- Investiture (n): The formal ceremony of investing someone with an office, rank, or power.
Synonyms
- Finance, fund, back (for financial allocation).
- Endow, empower, vest, confer (for granting authority or qualities).
- Install, induct, inaugurate (for formal placement in office).
Phrasal Verbs
- Invest in: As shown above, to commit resources to something.
- Invest with: As shown above, to endow formally with a quality or right.
Idioms and Common Phrases
- To invest time/effort in something: To devote time or effort to an activity expecting a valuable result, not necessarily monetary.
- She invested a lot of effort in preparing the presentation.
- To invest hope/faith in someone/something: To place trust or confidence in someone or something.
- The community invested its hope in the new leader.
Verb
- place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
- there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy
- provide with power and authority
- They vested the council with special rights
- furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
- give qualities or abilities to
- make an investment
- Put money into bonds