invested
in-VES-tid/ɪnˈvɛstɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of invest.
The company invested heavily in renewable energy last year.
He had invested years of effort before the venture finally turned a profit.
Note
The perfect and the passive pull this form toward different senses of invest. With have, it usually means money, time or effort committed, followed by in: she had invested in property. With be, the older senses come forward: a bishop is invested in office, a summit is invested with cloud, and, in a dated style, a figure is invested with robes.
invested is a form of invest
invest, verb: To commit money or capital in the hope of gaining a financial return. Full entry
- Spelling
- invest → invested: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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