invest
verb (used with object)
to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
invested
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past participleof invest.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof invest.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
investverb (used with object)to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
Example Sentences
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SpaceX invested $19.6 billion in the quarter, $16.4 billion of it in AI, bringing capital spending for the first nine months of the year to $48 billion.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
By looking for the mirror opposite of a bear market, investors therefore may remain invested far beyond what turns out to be the final top.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
And it’s hard to feel sorry or invested in his often insufferable victims, which diminishes the horror of his mission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
At the end of 2023, it disclosed over $1 billion invested in Two Sigma funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
I’d convinced him I was damaged goods, not worth the time or effort he’d invested in me.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
