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# investing

«investing» in Mova's school dictionary: **putting money into something, like a business, shares or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (-ing form of invest); noun (investing, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (money) Investing is putting money into something, like a business, shares or property, hoping it will grow and bring back more money later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investing/#m1)

2) Investing time or effort is spending it on something because you expect it to be worth it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investing/#m2)

3) Investing someone with power means giving them that power or an official title. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investing/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Money lessons and adult life: «investing in shares», «investing for the future»; there is always a risk the money falls. Everyday: «investing time in practice». It tells the reader someone is giving now to gain later.

### examples

- Mum is investing some money for my future. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investing/#x1)
- Investing in shares can make or lose money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investing/#x2)
- He is investing a lot of time in learning the piano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investing/#x3)
- The council is investing in new playgrounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investing/#x4)
- Investing early gives money more time to grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investing/#x5)
- Our school is investing in new computers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investing/#x6)
- With the assistance of the Cyclops, he forged for Zeus his wonderful thunderbolts, thus investing his mighty father with a new power of terrible import. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investing/#x7)

### note

Base verb: invest (invests, invested). Person: investor. Thing: investment. Prepositions: «invest in». Maths: if you invest £100 and it grows by 10%, you have £110.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «investing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/investing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.