invest in

phrasal verb

invested in; investing in; invests in

1

: to use money for (something) in order to earn more money

He made a fortune by investing in real estate.

He invested his savings in the business.

2

: to spend money for building or improving (something)

The city will invest millions of dollars in two new schools.

The city plans to invest heavily in its educational system this year.

3

: to give (time or effort) in order to do something or make something better

A lot of time was invested in the project.

We need to invest more effort in educating our children.

4

informal : to spend money on (something useful or helpful to oneself)

I am planning to invest in a good coat.

Examples of invest in in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Speaking with TVLine, though, Harthan advised against getting too invested in the romantic angles. —Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025

Finally, the school could invest in start-ups of faculty members. —Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025

Simple no-cost steps include turning on Night Shift, while buying blue light glasses is a relatively inexpensive alternative to investing in a costly new eye-friendly display that NaturaSynth may one day make obsolete. —PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025

Other milestones in the proposal Musk would need to meet in order to receive his reward include the deployment of autonomous taxis and humanoid robots, an inchoate industry Tesla is heavily investing in. —Connor Greene, Time, 5 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for invest in

• clandestine
• intestine
• progestin