Contribute
//kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt// verb
verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole. ambitransitive
"to contribute money to a church fund"
- 2 provide wordnet
- 3 contribute to some cause wordnet
- 4 bestow a quality on wordnet
- 5 be conducive to wordnet
Example
More examples"The construction of a highway will contribute to the growth of the suburbs."
Etymology
PIE word *tréyes From Latin contribūtus, perfect passive participle of contribuō (“to bring together; to unite”), from con- (“together”) + tribuō (“to bestow”), from tribus (“tribe”), derived from trēs (“three”), from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
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