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invest

[in-vest] / ɪnˈvɛst /
VERB
contribute money to make money
Synonyms
STRONGEST
devote lend provide spend supply
STRONG
advance back bankroll endow endue entrust imbue infuse loan plunge sink stake
WEAK
buy into buy stock get into go in for lay out pick up the tab plow back into put in put up dough salt away
Antonyms
STRONGEST
take
STRONG
increase rise
WEAK
divest take away take out
VERB
give power or authority
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adopt establish install
STRONG
authorize bequeath charge consecrate empower endow endue enthrone honor inaugurate induct initiate license ordain sanction vest
WEAK
instate
Antonyms
STRONG
close disallow disapprove end refuse reject take
WEAK
divest take away take out

Example Sentences

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He announced plans to invest approximately $200 billion in capital expenditures in 2026, largely focused on the company’s AI infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

If you believe that, you dip back into oil, invest in slower economic growth by buying discounted large-cap stocks and avoid emerging-market fuel and food importers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Tech behemoths, including Oracle and Meta Platforms, are laying off hundreds of California workers as they invest heavily in artificial intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The company has vowed to invest more than $65 million in the location, envisioning the creation of 50 full-time jobs.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Only the wealthiest of humans could compete, once they had a contract for vuvv tech, once they could invest in vuvv firms.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson