contribute

contribute
[[t]kəntrɪ̱bjuːt[/t]]
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contributes, contributing, contributed
1) VERB If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.

[V to n] The three sons also contribute to the family business...

[V to n] I believe that each of us can contribute to the future of the world...

[V n to n] He believes he has something to contribute to a discussion concerning the uprising. [Also V]

2) VERB To contribute money or resources to something means to give money or resources to help pay for something or to help achieve a particular purpose.

[V n] The US is contributing $4 billion in loans, credits and grants...

[V n to/towards n] They say they would like to contribute more to charity, but money is tight this year...

[V n to/towards n] NATO officials agreed to contribute troops and equipment to such an operation if the UN Security Council asked for it. [Also V]

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contributor [[t]kəntrɪ̱bjʊtə(r)[/t]] plural N-COUNT

...the largest net contributors to EC funds.

3) VERB If something contributes to an event or situation, it is one of the causes of it.

[V to n] The report says design faults in both the vessels contributed to the tragedy...

[V-ing] Stress, both human and mechanical, may also be a contributing factor.

4) VERB If you contribute to a magazine, newspaper, or book, you write things that are published in it.

[V to n] I was asked to contribute to a newspaper article making predictions for the new year...

[V-ing] Frank Deford is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine.

Derived words:
contributor plural N-COUNT

Reporter Alan Nearn covers Central America and is a regular contributor to The New Yorker.


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