How Definition–adverb | 1. | in what way or manner; by what means?: How did the accident happen? | | 2. | to what extent, degree, etc.?: How damaged is the car? | | 3. | in what state or condition?: How are you? | | 4. | for what reason; why?: How can you talk such nonsense? | | 5. | to what effect; with what meaning?: How is one to interpret his action? | | 6. | what?: How do you mean? If they don't have vanilla, how about chocolate? | | 7. | (used as an intensifier): How seldom I go there! | | 8. | by what title or name?: How does one address the president? | | 9. | at what price: How are the new cars going, cheaper than last year's models? | | 10. | by what amount or in what measure or quantity?: How do you sell these tomatoes? | | 11. | in what form or shape?: How does the demon appear in the first act of the opera? How does the medication come? | –conjunction | 12. | the manner or way in which: He couldn't figure out how to solve the problem. | | 13. | about the manner, condition, or way in which: I don't care how you leave your desk when you go. Be careful how you act. | | 14. | in whatever manner or way; however: You can travel how you please. | | 15. | Informal. that: He told us how he was honest and could be trusted. | –noun | 16. | a question concerning the way or manner in which something is done, achieved, etc.: a child's unending whys and hows. | | 17. | a way or manner of doing something: to consider all the hows and wherefores. | | 18. | a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter H. | —Idioms | 19. | and how! Informal. certainly! you bet!: Am I happy? And how! | | 20. | Here's how, Informal. (used as a toast). | | 21. | how come? Informal. how is it that? w
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hy?: How come you never visit us anymore? | | 22. | how so? how does it happen to be so? why?: You haven't any desire to go? How so? | |
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Invest Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value. | | 2. | to use (money), as in accumulating something: to invest large sums in books. | | 3. | to use, give, or devote (time, talent, etc.), as for a purpose or to achieve something: He invested a lot of time in helping retarded children. | | 4. | to furnish
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with power, authority, rank, etc.: The Constitution invests the president with the power of veto. | | 5. | to furnish or endow with a power, right, etc.; vest: Feudalism invested the lords with absolute authority over their vassals. | | 6. | to endow with a quality or characteristic: to invest a friend with every virtue. | | 7. | to infuse or belong to, as a quality or characteristic: Goodness invests his every action. | | 8. | Metallurgy. to surround (a pattern) with an investment. | | 9. | to provide with the insignia of office. | | 10. | to install in an office or position. | | 11. | to clothe, attire, or dress. | | 12. | to cover, adorn, or envelop: Spring invests the trees with leaves. | | 13. | to surround (a place) with military forces or works so as to prevent approach or escape; besiege. | –verb (used without object) | 14. | to invest money; make an investment: to invest in oil stock. | |
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