invest

investir, placer

Mettre de l’argent dans quelque chose en espérant en gagner davantage.

En anglais simple : To put money into something because you hope it will earn more money.

• I want to invest some money.
• She invested her savings in a local company.
• Would you invest in property overseas?

Comment l'utiliser : invest in something (She decided to invest in a small business.); invest something in something (He invested his savings in shares.)

Expressions courantes : invest in shares, invest money, invest in property, invest capital

investir, consacrer

Consacrer du temps, de l’argent ou des efforts à quelque chose pour l’améliorer ou en tirer un avantage.

En anglais simple : To spend time, money, or effort on something to improve it or gain a benefit.

• We need to invest in training.
• He invested months of work in the project.
• The city invested money in safer roads.

Comment l'utiliser : invest something in something (They invested considerable effort in improving the service.); invest in something (The council plans to invest in better public transport.)

Synonymes : put into, devote

Expressions courantes : invest time, invest in education, invest effort

investir

Donner officiellement à quelqu’un un pouvoir, un poste ou une autorité particulière.

En anglais simple : To officially give someone a particular power, position, or authority.

• The law invests the council with new powers.
• The ceremony invested her with royal authority.
• Who can invest the committee with the power to act?

Comment l'utiliser : invest someone with something (The constitution invests the president with certain powers.)

Synonymes : empower, vest

Expressions courantes : invest someone with authority, invest someone with power

conférer, imprégner

Faire paraître une personne ou une chose comme ayant une qualité particulière.

En anglais simple : To make someone or something seem to have a particular quality.

• The silence invested the room with mystery.
• Her calm voice invested her words with authority.
• Time had invested the old house with a special charm.

Comment l'utiliser : invest someone/something with something (The lighting invested the room with an air of mystery.)

Synonymes : imbue, endow

Expressions courantes : invest something with meaning, invest someone with dignity

assiéger, investir

Entourer une ville ou un fort de troupes pour l’obliger à se rendre.

En anglais simple : To surround a town or fort with armed forces to force it to surrender.

• The army prepared to invest the town.
• Enemy troops invested the fortress before dawn.
• The general lacked enough soldiers to invest the entire city.

Synonymes : besiege, lay siege to

Expressions courantes : invest a town, invest a fortress