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# invest

verb (invest, invests, invested, investing)

«invest» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (money) To invest is to put money into something, like a business, shares or a bank account, hoping to get more money back later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invest/#m1)
2. To invest time or effort in something is to spend it because you think it will be worth it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invest/#m2)
3. To invest in something can mean to buy something useful that will last. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invest/#m3)
4. (formal) To invest someone with power is to give them official power or a title. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invest/#m4)

### In the lessons

In money lessons children learn that investing can grow money but can also lose it, unlike keeping it safe in a piggy bank. In everyday life people «invest in a good coat» or «invest time in practice». Phrases: «invest in», «invest money», «invest time», «a good investment».

### Examples

- Grandma invested her savings in a small bakery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invest/#x1)
- If you invest your money, it might grow, but it might also shrink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invest/#x2)
- I invested a lot of time in this model rocket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invest/#x3)
- It's worth investing in good football boots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invest/#x4)
- The town invested in a new playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invest/#x5)
- The company invests in solar panels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invest/#x6)
- Practising every day is investing in yourself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invest/#x7)
- He sold all his flock, invested it in a cargo of dates, and set sail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invest/#x8)

### Note

Followed by «in»: «invest in a business». Nouns: «investment», «investor». In maths problems: if you invest £100 and it grows by 10% in a year, you have £110; a loss of 10% leaves £90. Investing is not the same as saving: saving keeps money safe, investing takes a risk.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means to besiege a city, surrounding it with an army.

**Interpretation.** Tradition says Ezekiel was told the exact day Babylon began the siege of Jerusalem, as proof that he was a true prophet, and the date is remembered on the fast of the Tenth of Tevet.

### Examples

- 'Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this selfsame day; this selfsame day the king of Babylon hath invested Jerusalem. (Prophets EZK.24.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invest/#x1)

### Note

Followed by «in»: «invest in a business». Nouns: «investment», «investor». In maths problems: if you invest £100 and it grows by 10% in a year, you have £110; a loss of 10% leaves £90. Investing is not the same as saving: saving keeps money safe, investing takes a risk.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «invest» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/invest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«invest» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/invest.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «invest» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/invest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«invest» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/invest.html) on Mova free.