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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle French investir or Medieval Latin investire, from Latin investio (“to clothe, cover”), from in- (“in, on”) + vestio (“to clothe, dress”), from vestis (“clothing”); see vest. The sense “to spend money etc.” probably via Italian investire, of the same root.",
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"text": "We'd like to thank all the contributors who have invested countless hours into this event.",
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"To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in."
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[
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[
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"benefit"
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[
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"roman": "nerdnel",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "ներդնել"
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"roman": "vlagam",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "влагам"
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{
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"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "invertir"
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"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "investi"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "panostaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 0 7 2 3 3 4 3 1 3 3 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "käyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 0 7 2 3 3 4 3 1 3 3 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "satsata"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "investir"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"english": "time and effort",
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"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "consacrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 0 7 2 3 3 4 3 1 3 3 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "investieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 0 7 2 3 3 4 3 1 3 3 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "befektet"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 0 7 2 3 3 4 3 1 3 3 8",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "investire"
},
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"alt": "とうにゅうする",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōnyū suru",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "投入する"
},
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"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "ieguldīt"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "investir"
},
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"_dis1": "59 1 4 0 7 2 3 3 4 3 1 3 3 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vkládyvatʹ",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вкла́дывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 0 7 2 3 3 4 3 1 3 3 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vložítʹ",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вложи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 0 7 2 3 3 4 3 1 3 3 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "invertir"
},
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"_dis1": "59 1 4 0 7 2 3 3 4 3 1 3 3 8",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "insumir"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 0 7 2 3 3 4 3 1 3 3 8",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "wekeza"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 0 7 2 3 3 4 3 1 3 3 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "investera"
},
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "long-tun",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "ลงทุน"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 1 4 0 7 2 3 3 4 3 1 3 3 8",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "ลงทุนลงแรง"
}
]
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{
"ref": "1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:",
"text": "He was but shabbily apparelled in faded jacket and patched trowsers; a rag of a black handkerchief investing his neck.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To clothe or wrap (with garments)."
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"(transitive, dated) To clothe or wrap (with garments)."
],
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book 4, canto 5, verse 18:",
"text": "Cannot find one this girdle to invest!",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To put on (clothing)."
],
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"put on"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, obsolete) To put on (clothing)."
],
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"sense": "put on clothing",
"word": "beclothe"
}
],
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"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 207-8:",
"text": "Night / Invests the Sea, and wished Morn delayes",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To envelop, wrap, cover."
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[
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[
"cover",
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"roman": "obličam",
"sense": "to envelop, wrap, cover",
"word": "обличам"
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"roman": "obgrǎštam s",
"sense": "to envelop, wrap, cover",
"word": "обгръщам с"
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"sense": "to envelop, wrap, cover",
"word": "peittää"
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"sense": "to envelop, wrap, cover",
"word": "peitellä"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to envelop, wrap, cover",
"word": "cobrir"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokryvátʹ",
"sense": "to envelop, wrap, cover",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "покрыва́ть"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokrýtʹ",
"sense": "to envelop, wrap, cover",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "покры́ть"
}
]
},
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"glosses": [
"To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain."
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[
"money",
"money"
],
[
"capital",
"capital"
],
[
"hope",
"hope"
],
[
"financial",
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[
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"roman": "istaṯmara",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "اِسْتَثْمَرَ"
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"code": "hy",
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"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "ներդնել"
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{
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"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "invertir"
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{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "invjestavácʹ",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "інвестава́ць"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "investiram",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "инвестирам"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "invertir"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "投資"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tóuzī",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "投资"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investere"
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{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "beleggen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investi"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "sijoittaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investoida"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hishkía",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "השקיע"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "befektet"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "beruház"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "invesztál"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "berinvestasi"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investire"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"alt": "とうしする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōshi suru",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "投資する"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "thvəə viniyook",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "ធ្វើវិនិយោគ"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "tuja-hada",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "투자하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "collocō"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "ieguldīt"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "melabur"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "whakangao"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "whakangao moni"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xöröngö oruulax",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хөрөнгө оруулах"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bel oruulax",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"China",
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "бэл оруулах"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "körüngge oruɣulqu",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠬᠥᠷᠦᠩᠭᠡ ᠣᠷᠤᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bele oruɣulqu",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠪᠡᠯᠡ ᠣᠷᠤᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investere"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sarmâye-gozâri kardan",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "سرمایهگذاری کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "inwestować"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zainwestować"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 6 0 60 6 0 0 2 3 0 5 6 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "investírovatʹ",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "инвести́ровать"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obličam",
"sense": "to envelop, wrap, cover",
"word": "обличам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obgrǎštam s",
"sense": "to envelop, wrap, cover",
"word": "обгръщам с"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to envelop, wrap, cover",
"word": "peittää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to envelop, wrap, cover",
"word": "peitellä"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to envelop, wrap, cover",
"word": "cobrir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokryvátʹ",
"sense": "to envelop, wrap, cover",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "покрыва́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokrýtʹ",
"sense": "to envelop, wrap, cover",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "покры́ть"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "istaṯmara",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "اِسْتَثْمَرَ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "nerdnel",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "ներդնել"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "invertir"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "invjestavácʹ",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "інвестава́ць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "investiram",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "инвестирам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "invertir"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "投資"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tóuzī",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "投资"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "beleggen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "sijoittaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investoida"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investieren"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hishkía",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "השקיע"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "befektet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "beruház"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "invesztál"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "berinvestasi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investire"
},
{
"alt": "とうしする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōshi suru",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "投資する"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "thvəə viniyook",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "ធ្វើវិនិយោគ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "tuja-hada",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "투자하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "collocō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "ieguldīt"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "melabur"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "whakangao"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "whakangao moni"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xöröngö oruulax",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хөрөнгө оруулах"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bel oruulax",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"China",
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "бэл оруулах"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "körüngge oruɣulqu",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠬᠥᠷᠦᠩᠭᠡ ᠣᠷᠤᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bele oruɣulqu",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠪᠡᠯᠡ ᠣᠷᠤᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤ"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investere"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sarmâye-gozâri kardan",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "سرمایهگذاری کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "inwestować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zainwestować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "investírovatʹ",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "инвести́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vkládyvatʹ",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вкла́дывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vložítʹ",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вложи́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "invertir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "insumir"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "wekeza"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "investera"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "mamuhunan"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "long-tun",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "ลงทุน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "yatırım yapmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "investuváty",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "інвестува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vkladáty",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вклада́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vklásty",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вкла́сти"
},
{
"alt": "投資",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to commit resources in the hope of financial gain",
"word": "đầu tư"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "nerdnel",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "ներդնել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vlagam",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "влагам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "invertir"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "investi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "panostaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "käyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "satsata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"english": "time and effort",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "consacrer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "investieren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "befektet"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "investire"
},
{
"alt": "とうにゅうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōnyū suru",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "投入する"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "collocō"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "ieguldīt"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vkládyvatʹ",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вкла́дывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vložítʹ",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "вложи́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "invertir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "insumir"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "wekeza"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "investera"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "long-tun",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "ลงทุน"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "to spend money, time, and effort into something",
"word": "ลงทุนลงแรง"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to ceremonially install into office",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ceremonially install into office",
"word": "nimittää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to ceremonially install into office",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to ceremonially install into office",
"word": "whakaoati"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to ceremonially install into office",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to ceremonially install into office",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to formally give power",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to formally give power",
"word": "valtuuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to formally give power",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to formally give power",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadeljátʹ",
"sense": "to formally give power",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "наделя́ть"
},
{
"alt": "полномочиями, властью, правами",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadelítʹ",
"sense": "to formally give power",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "надели́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to formally give power",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obsaždam",
"sense": "to lay siege to",
"word": "обсаждам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lay siege to",
"word": "piirittää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to lay siege to",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to lay siege to",
"word": "circumsedeo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to lay siege to",
"word": "cercar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to lay siege to",
"word": "sitiar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to lay siege to",
"word": "assediar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to lay siege to",
"word": "sitiar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to lay siege to",
"word": "asediar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "investiram",
"sense": "to make investments",
"word": "инвестирам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make investments",
"word": "invertir"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make investments",
"word": "investoida"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make investments",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make investments",
"word": "investieren"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to make investments",
"word": "ieguldīt"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make investments",
"word": "whakangao"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make investments",
"word": "investir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make investments",
"word": "invertir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make investments",
"word": "insumir"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "to make investments",
"word": "wekeza"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "long-tun",
"sense": "to make investments",
"word": "ลงทุน"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to create an investment mold",
"word": "kaavata"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be involved in; to form strong attachments to",
"word": "entregarse a"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be involved in; to form strong attachments to",
"word": "involucrarse emocionalmente en"
}
],
"word": "invest"
}
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