invest meaning
EN
[ɪnˈvɛst] [-ɛst] 
US - NounPLinvestsSUF-est
- (meteorology) An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system.
- (meteorology) An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system.
- VerbSGinvestsPRinvestingPT, PPinvested
- (dated) To clothe or wrap (with garments).
- OBS To put on (clothing).
- To envelop, wrap, cover.
- To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
- To spend money, time, or energy into something, especially for some benefit or purpose.
- We'd like to thank all the contributors who have invested countless hours into this event.
- To ceremonially install someone in some office.
- To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
- To formally give (power or authority).
- To surround, accompany, or attend.
- To lay siege to.
- to invest a town
- VI To make investments.
- (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
- (dated) To clothe or wrap (with garments).
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- It is worth noting that subjects invest considerable amounts of time on the noncrucial turns (i.e. on average about 16 seconds), but these investments have no payoff.
- In its ongoing efforts to nail the bad guys, the US Department of Homeland Security is investing heavily in the sniff test: "odourprint".
- He's still kicking himself for not investing three years ago.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Investing in economically and ecologically sustainable growth to fund a German-style municipalisation of new clean energy, we will meaningfully tackle climate change.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The mid-east is awash in petrodollars that need to be invested.
- He barely managed to recoup his money. He sold out for just what he had invested.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of invest in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Nouns
- en investigation
- fr investigation
- en invested
- en investment
- en investigate
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "invest" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb.