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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "invest"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋

to spend money or resources with the intention of gaining a future advantage or return
Intransitive: to invest in an asset
to invest definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She regularly invests in stocks to build long-term wealth.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĻā§€ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ¸ā§āϟāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻ°ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to devote a lot of effort, time, etc. to something from which one expects to achieve a good result
Transitive: to invest effort or time into sth | to invest effort or time in sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company invested considerable resources into developing a new product line.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āϞāĻžāχāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻļ⧇ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to give or grant someone or something a specific quality, feature, or characteristic
Transitive: to invest sb/sth with a quality
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher 's encouragement invested the students with confidence in their abilities.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāϕ⧇āϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻš āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to grant or assign authority, control, or power to someone or something
Transitive: to invest sb with a power or responsibility | to invest a power or responsibility in sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
All decision-making authority was invested in the project manager for the duration of the construction.
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāϪ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāώāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to formally grant someone a rank, title, or office
Transitive: to invest sb | to invest sb as holder of an office
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The board invested her as the executive director, granting her full oversight of the organization.
āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϤāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

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