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.
will invest
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future tenseof invest.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Advanced Micro Devices plans to invest $2.5 billion in the private placement, while Broadcom, Micron Technology and Microsoft will each plunk down $1 billion and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing will invest $500 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Alphabet’s Google will invest $15 billion in Malaysia over 2027 and 2028 to expand its digital infrastructure, develop local talent and support clean-energy and water initiatives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Lee said the government will invest 4.7 trillion won to support "frontier AI development projects, with the aim of achieving world-leading performance for our own AI model, a national strategic asset".
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Instead of using binary prediction-market contracts, the ETF will invest in leaps, or long-term equity anticipation securities.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
Whatever forms our enemies take, fellowship with God will invest us with a defence as protean as our perils.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
