invest

UK
/ɪnˈvɛst/
US
/ɪnˈvɛst/
investverb
invested
Past Simple
invested
Past Participle
investing
Gerund
UK
/ɪnˈvɛst/
US
/ɪnˈvɛst/
Translations
investir deSens de doter quelqu’un ou quelque chose d’une qualité ou d’un attribut.
The community invested the new leader with a great deal of trust.
La communauté a investi le nouveau dirigeant d’une grande confiance.
investir deSens formel : conférer une fonction, une autorité ou une dignité.
The president was invested with full executive authority during the inauguration ceremony.
Le président a été investi de l լի? full executive authority during the inauguration ceremony.
investirSe dit aussi pour le temps, les efforts ou l’énergie consacrés à un projet.
He invested a lot of time in learning how to play the guitar.
Il a investi beaucoup de temps pour apprendre à jouer de la guitare.
She decided to invest her savings in the stock market.
Elle a décidé d’investir ses économies en bourse.
Additional translations
assiégerSens militaire.
Definitions
To allocate money in the expectation of some benefit in the future.
She decided to invest her savings in the stock market.
To devote time, effort, or energy to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result.
He invested a lot of time in learning how to play the guitar.
To endow someone or something with a particular quality or attribute.
The community invested the new leader with a great deal of trust.
To surround, envelop, or besiege, especially in a military sense.
In 1645 the parliamentary army invested the royalist stronghold.
To formally confer (a person) with an office, rank, or authority; to install in a position of honor or power.
The president was invested with full executive authority during the inauguration ceremony.
investnoun
invests
pl
UK
/ɪnˈvɛst/
US
/ɪnˈvɛst/
Used chiefly in meteorology to denote an area of disturbed weather under investigation for potential tropical cyclone development.
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Additional translations
investTerme de météorologie tropicale.
Definitions
In meteorology, a designated area of disturbed weather that is being monitored for possible tropical cyclone formation.
Invest 93L moved westward across the Atlantic, showing signs of strengthening.