INVEST - Meaning and Pronunciation

How to pronounce invest?

This video provides examples of American English pronunciations of invest by male and female speakers.
In addition, it explains the meaning of invest through a dictionary definition and several visual examples.

IPA Transcription of invest is /.ɪnvˈɛst/.

Definition of invest according to Wiktionary:
invest can be a verb or a noun

As a verb invest can mean:
1. To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
2. To clothe or wrap (with garments).
3. To put on (clothing).
4. To envelop, wrap, cover.
5. To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
6. To ceremonially install someone in some office.
7. To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
8. To formally give (power or authority).
9. To surround, accompany, or attend.
10. To lay siege to.
11. To make investments.
12. To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
13. To be involved in; to form strong attachments to.

As a noun invest can mean:
An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant (named) system.

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