Invest

//ɪnˈvɛst//

Synonyms for "invest" (218 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Strong matches (65)

Related words (109)

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9 relation types

More general

10 entries

Antonyms

3 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

5 entries

derived

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

has context

2 entries

manner of

3 entries

related to

32 entries

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Translations

128 translations across 40 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • اِسْتَثْمَرَ verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ներդնել verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • ներդնել verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)

Asturian

1 entries
  • invertir verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • інвестава́ць verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • влагам verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)
  • инвестирам verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • инвестирам verb (to make investments)
  • обгръщам с verb (to envelop, wrap, cover)

Catalan

4 entries
  • invertir verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • invertir verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)
  • invertir verb (to make investments)
  • investir verb (to ceremonially install into office)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 投 verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • 投入 verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)
  • 投資 /投资 verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • 投資 /投资 verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)

Czech

1 entries
  • investovat verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Danish

1 entries
  • investere verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Dutch

1 entries
  • beleggen verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • investi verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • investi verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)

Finnish

4 entries
  • investoida verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • investoida verb (to make investments)
  • kaavata verb (to create an investment mold)
  • käyttää verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)

French

4 entries
  • consacrer verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)
  • investir verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • investir verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)
  • investir verb (to ceremonially install into office)

Galician

1 entries
  • investir verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

German

3 entries
  • investieren verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • investieren verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)
  • investieren verb (to make investments)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • השקיע verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • befektet verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • befektet verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)
  • beruház verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • invesztál verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • berinvestasi verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Italian

2 entries
  • investire verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • investire verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 投入する verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)
  • 投資する verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ធ្វើវិនិយោគ verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Korean

1 entries
  • 투자하다 verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Latin

3 entries
  • circumsedeo verb (to lay siege to)
  • collocō verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • collocō verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)

Latvian

3 entries
  • ieguldīt verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • ieguldīt verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)
  • ieguldīt verb (to make investments)

Malay

1 entries
  • melabur verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • бэл оруулах verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • хөрөнгө оруулах verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • ᠪᠡᠯᠡ ᠣᠷᠤᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • ᠬᠥᠷᠦᠩᠭᠡ ᠣᠷᠤᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Māori

4 entries
  • whakangao verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • whakangao verb (to make investments)
  • whakangao moni verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • whakaoati verb (to ceremonially install into office)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • investere verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Persian

1 entries
  • سرمایهگذاری کردن verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Polish

2 entries
  • inwestować verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • zainwestować verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • assediar verb (to lay siege to)
  • cercar verb (to lay siege to)
  • cobrir verb (to envelop, wrap, cover)
  • investir verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Russian

4 entries
  • вкла́дывать verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • вкла́дывать verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)
  • вложи́ть verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • вложи́ть verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)

Spanish

4 entries
  • asediar verb (to lay siege to)
  • entregarse a verb (to be involved in; to form strong attachments to)
  • insumir verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • insumir verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)

Swahili

3 entries
  • wekeza verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • wekeza verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)
  • wekeza verb (to make investments)

Swedish

2 entries
  • investera verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • investera verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • mamuhunan verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Thai

4 entries
  • ลงทุน verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • ลงทุน verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)
  • ลงทุน verb (to make investments)
  • ลงทุนลงแรง verb (to spend money, time, and effort into something)

Turkish

1 entries
  • yatırım yapmak verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • вкла́сти verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • вклада́ти verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)
  • інвестува́ти verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • đầu tư verb (to commit resources in the hope of financial gain)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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Our advice is that the company invest in new equipment.

Source: tatoeba (22377)

I feel secure when I invest in stocks but not bonds.

Source: tatoeba (243652)

My recommendation is that you invest in government bonds.

Source: tatoeba (252686)

The government should invest more money in industry.

Source: tatoeba (271474)

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