📖 I — The English dictionary · page 35

investigation — Everyday, meaning 1: A careful search for facts to find out the truth about something, such as a crime or an accident.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (school/science) A planned experiment or study to answer a question by testing and measuring.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths) An open task where you explore numbers or shapes to find patterns and rules.↗ Example: Our class did an investigation into which paper towel soaks up the most water.↗ · The police started an investigation after the bike was stolen.↗ · The cause of the fire is still under investigation.↗ · In our maths investigation, we found a pattern in the square numbers.↗ · A good science investigation must be a fair test.↗ · The detective's investigation led her to the old lighthouse.↗ · The school ran an investigation into who had broken the window.↗ · We wrote up our investigation with a method, results and conclusion.↗ · We have seen enough to know that a very interesting line of investigation has been opened."↗ · Further investigation proved that anciently there were counted ten double letters.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · But I wish to call attention to a few points which may suggest a solution or at least guide further investigation.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

investigator — Everyday, meaning 1: An investigator is a person whose job is to find out the facts about something, such as a crime or an accident, by asking questions and looking for evidence.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A private investigator is a detective who is paid by people, not by the police.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In science, an investigator is a researcher who carries out a study.↗ Example: The investigator searched the room for clues.↗ · A private investigator was hired to find the missing dog.↗ · Accident investigators studied the train crash.↗ · In science today, we will be investigators and test which paper towel is strongest.↗ · The investigator asked each witness what they saw.↗ · Crime scene investigators wear suits so they do not spoil the evidence.↗ · The lead investigator held a press conference.↗

investing — Everyday, meaning 1: (money) Investing is putting money into something, like a business, shares or property, hoping it will grow and bring back more money later.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Investing time or effort is spending it on something because you expect it to be worth it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Investing someone with power means giving them that power or an official title.↗ Example: Mum is investing some money for my future.↗ · Investing in shares can make or lose money.↗ · He is investing a lot of time in learning the piano.↗ · The council is investing in new playgrounds.↗ · Investing early gives money more time to grow.↗ · Our school is investing in new computers.↗ · 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.↗

investment — Everyday, meaning 1: An investment is money you put into something, like a business, shares or property, hoping to get more money back later.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An investment is the thing you put money into.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An investment is time, effort or money spent on something that will be useful later, like studying.↗ Example: Dad made an investment in a small bakery.↗ · A good pair of boots is a wise investment for winter.↗ · Learning to read well is an investment in your future.↗ · The bank offered 5% interest on her investment.↗ · Houses can be a good investment.↗ · If you invest 200 dollars and get 10% interest, your investment grows to 220 dollars.↗ · The town's investment in a new park made people happy.↗

investor — Everyday, meaning 1: (money) An investor is a person or company that puts money into a business, shares or property, hoping to make a profit.↗ Example: The investor gave the company money to build a factory.↗ · Investors hope their shares go up in value.↗ · She pitched her idea to three investors.↗ · The investor lost money when the shop closed.↗ · Small investors put in a few pounds each.↗ · Investors met to hear about the new app.↗

invincible — Everyday, meaning 1: Too strong to be beaten or defeated by anyone.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: So firm that nothing can shake it, as in «invincible hope» or «invincible courage».↗ Example: The team won every match and seemed invincible.↗ · Superman is almost invincible, but kryptonite makes him weak.↗ · The Spanish Armada was called invincible, yet it was beaten in 1588.↗ · After his first win, Toad felt invincible behind the wheel.↗ · Wearing her new boots, she felt invincible on the climbing frame.↗ · No one is invincible, so always wear a helmet.↗ · Their invincible hope kept them going through the long winter.↗ · It was a long walk for such a little boy, but he had plenty of strength and invincible courage.↗

invisible — Everyday, meaning 1: Invisible means not able to be seen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Invisible can mean hidden or not noticed by others.↗ Example: Air is invisible, but you can feel the wind.↗ · Germs are invisible without a microscope.↗ · The wizard put on a cloak and became invisible.↗ · We wrote messages in invisible ink with lemon juice.↗ · The new girl felt invisible at lunch, so we asked her to join us.↗ · Carbon monoxide is an invisible, dangerous gas.↗ · The spider's thread was almost invisible.↗ · Magnetic force is invisible, but it pulls the paper clips.↗ · Being invisible, he was able to enter unharmed.↗ · Dr. Cassel is of the opinion that our author meant here, probably the invisible, celestial or universal axis that carries the whole Universe.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · [paragraph continues] God stands in close connection with the Universe, and just so is Tali connected with the world, that is, an invisible, celestial or universal axis carries the whole fabric.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

invisibly — Everyday, meaning 1: Invisibly means in a way that cannot be seen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Invisibly can mean without people noticing, quietly in the background.↗ Example: Germs spread invisibly from hand to hand.↗ · The gas leaked invisibly into the room.↗ · The magician's thread was invisibly thin.↗ · Volunteers work invisibly to keep the park clean.↗ · Radio waves travel invisibly through the air.↗ · The cat slipped invisibly through the shadows.↗

invitation — Everyday, meaning 1: An invitation is a request, spoken or written, asking someone to come to an event like a party, wedding or meal.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An invitation is a card or message with this request.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An invitation to do something is a request or chance to do it.↗ Example: I got an invitation to Mia's birthday party.↗ · Please reply to the invitation by Friday.↗ · We wrote invitations for the class play.↗ · Thank you for the invitation!↗ · She accepted the invitation to speak at assembly.↗ · The party is by invitation only.↗ · An invitation should say the date, time and place.↗ · Leaving the door open was an invitation to the cat to come in.↗ · I accept your kind invitation with many thanks.↗

invite — Everyday, meaning 1: To invite someone is to ask them to come to a party, a meal, your home or an event.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To invite something is to ask for it politely: «We invite questions».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To invite trouble is to make something bad more likely.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An invite (informal) is an invitation.↗ Example: I want to invite my whole class to my party.↗ · Thank you for inviting me!↗ · We invited Grandma for Sunday lunch.↗ · Can I invite a friend over?↗ · She invited the new girl to play.↗ · Leaving your bike unlocked invites theft.↗ · Did you get an invite to the party?↗ · Never invite strangers from the internet to your house.↗ · I invite thee to my wedding."↗ · And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they knew not any thing.↗ (Prophets 2SA.15.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim; and Absalom invited all the king's sons.↗ (Prophets 2SA.13.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.↗ (Writings JOB.1.4, JPS 1917)↗

invocation — Everyday, meaning 1: (church) An invocation is a prayer asking God, or in some religions a saint or spirit, for help or blessing, often at the start of a service.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: An invocation is calling on something or someone for help or as an authority, like invoking a law.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (stories) In magic stories, an invocation is a spell said to call up a spirit.↗ Example: The service began with an invocation.↗ · The minister said a short invocation before the meal.↗ · Old Greek poems start with an invocation to the Muse.↗ · The wizard spoke an invocation to call the dragon.↗ · The invocation asked God to bless the new school.↗ · The invocation of the rule ended the argument.↗

invoke — Everyday, meaning 1: To invoke a law, rule or right is to use it or point to it to support what you do.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) To invoke God or a saint is to pray and call on them for help.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To invoke a name or idea is to mention it to make people feel or remember something.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (computing) To invoke a program or function is to start it running.↗ Example: The captain invoked the rule that everyone must wear a helmet.↗ · The priest invoked God's blessing.↗ · The speech invoked the memory of the heroes.↗ · Call the function to invoke it.↗ · He invoked his right to see a lawyer.↗ · The witch tried to invoke a spirit.↗ · Mentioning the trip invoked happy memories.↗ · Heart-sore and dejected he repaired to the sea-shore, and there invoked the presence of his divine mother.↗

involuntarily — Everyday, meaning 1: Involuntarily means without meaning to, without choosing to, as when your body does something by itself.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Involuntarily can mean against your will, when someone else forces it.↗ Example: She blinked involuntarily when the ball came near.↗ · He shivered involuntarily in the cold wind.↗ · Your heart beats involuntarily, even when you sleep.↗ · I laughed involuntarily at the silly face.↗ · Some workers were involuntarily moved to another office.↗ · He flinched involuntarily at the loud bang.↗ · As he was thus sitting, his finger hurt him so violently that he involuntarily put it in the water.↗

involuntary — Everyday, meaning 1: Involuntary means done without meaning to or without control, like a sneeze or a shiver.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Done against someone's will: «involuntary redundancy».↗ Example: Blinking is often involuntary.↗ · The heart is an involuntary muscle.↗ · She gave an involuntary shiver.↗ · Sneezing is an involuntary reflex.↗ · His involuntary laugh made everyone giggle.↗ · Hiccups are involuntary.↗

involve — Everyday, meaning 1: To include something as a necessary part: «The job involves lifting boxes».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make someone take part in something: «Involve everyone in the game».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «Be involved in» means to take part in, or to be connected with something, often trouble.↗ Example: The project involves a lot of reading.↗ · The teacher tried to involve every child in the game.↗ · Two cars were involved in the accident.↗ · I want to get involved in the school council.↗ · This puzzle involves adding and multiplying.↗ · Being a vet involves caring for sick animals.↗ · Don't get involved in fights.↗ · The desire for imaginary benefits often involves the loss of present blessings.↗ · The Kabalistic principles involved in the reversal of Hebrew letters, and their substitution by others, on definite schemes, should also be studied and borne in mind.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

involvement — Everyday, meaning 1: Involvement is taking part in something: your involvement in the school play.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Involvement can mean being connected to something, often something wrong: his involvement in the robbery.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Strong interest or feeling for something, or (formal) a close relationship with someone.↗ Example: Thank you for your involvement in the charity run.↗ · Parents' involvement helps children learn.↗ · The detective proved the butler had no involvement in the theft.↗ · Her involvement with the drama club began in Year 3.↗ · He denied any involvement.↗ · Sport needs the involvement of the whole team.↗

inward — Everyday, meaning 1: Inward means going towards the inside or the centre («the door opens inward»).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Inward also means inside your mind or feelings and not shown to others («inward fear»).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Inward can also mean hidden deep inside something, not obvious on the surface.↗ Example: The door opens inward, so pull it towards you.↗ · The walls of the tent bent inward in the wind.↗ · She gave an inward sigh but smiled politely.↗ · His toes point inward when he walks.↗ · Gravity pulls objects inward towards the centre of the Earth.↗ · He felt an inward fear, though he looked calm.↗ · The petals curl inward at night.↗ · Breathe in and feel your tummy move inward.↗ · Soon the inward meaning of it leaked out, and the great heart of the public was touched.↗ · And he washed the inwards and the legs, and made them smoke upon the burnt-offering on the altar.↗ (Torah LEV.9.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof: the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards, (Torah LEV.7.3, JPS 1917)↗ · But the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its inwards, and its dung, (Torah LEV.4.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts?↗ (Writings JOB.38.36, JPS 1917)↗ · And David built round about from Millo and inward.↗ (Prophets 2SA.5.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Mine inward thoughts are my intercessors, mine eye poureth out tears unto God; (Writings JOB.16.20, JPS 1917)↗