contribute
Syllables: con·trib·ute/kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt/
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British/kənˈt͡ʃɹɪbjʉwt/
contribute verb: to give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
Verb
contribute (third-person singular simple present contributes, present participle contributing, simple past and past participle contributed)
- To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
- to contribute money to a church fund
- to contribute articles to a journal
contribute meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
contribute in Hindi
- योगदान करना, योगदान देना
contribute in Tamil
- பங்களி
contribute in Marathi
- योगदान देणे
contribute in Urdu
- contribute, kick in
- اپنا حصہ ادا کرنا apnā hissa adā karnā
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- contribute in Bengali
- চাঁদা দেওয়া, কাজে লাগা
- contribute in Malayalam
- പൊലിക്കുക polikkuka
- contribute in Kannada
- ವಂತಿಗೆ ಕೊಡು, ಚಂದಾ ನೀಡು, ಸಹಾಯವಾಗು, ನೆರವಾಗು
- contribute in Punjabi
- ਯੋਗਦਾਨ ਦੇਣਾ
- contribute in Gujarati
- ફાળો આપવો
- contribute in Odia
- ଯୋଗଦାନ କରିବା
- contribute in Arabic
- سَاهَمَ sāhama
- contribute in Vietnamese
- đóng góp
Examples of contribute in a sentence
- He contributes whatever talent, natural or acquired, he may have, cheerfully to the promotion of the common good, […]1849, William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley, The Christian Remembrancer, volume 17, page 217:
- A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
- Lifetime ARPU, or the average revenue contributed per user over the lifetime of a product, can provide some insight into the habits of a large group of users within the product.2013, Eric Benjamin Seufert, Freemium Economics: Leveraging Analytics and User Segmentation to Drive Revenue, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 94:
Synonyms of contribute
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Forms of contribute
| third-person singular present | contributes |
|---|---|
| present participle | contributing |
| past participle | contributed |
| past | contributed |
Origin of contribute
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.
Words formed from contribute
Questions about contribute
- What does contribute mean?
- Contribute means to give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
- What is contribute in Hindi?
- Contribute in Hindi is योगदान करना, योगदान देना. See Contribute meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use contribute in a sentence?
- He contributes whatever talent, natural or acquired, he may have, cheerfully to the promotion of the common good, […]
- What part of speech is contribute?
- Contribute is a verb.
- How do you pronounce contribute?
- Contribute is pronounced /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of contribute?
- The past tense of contribute is contributed.
Words near contribute in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: contribute (page history and authors); contribute (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); contribute (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contribute (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); اپنا حصہ ادا کرنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); contribute (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പൊലിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); contribute (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contribute (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); contribute (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); contribute (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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