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contributor

/kənˈtɹɪb.jə.tə/US/kənˈtɹɪb.jə.tɚ/

contributor noun: a benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.

Noun

contributor (plural contributors)

  1. A benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.
    • I am a longstanding financial contributor to Amnesty International.
  2. A person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution.
    • He was a regular contributor to Greenpeace protests.
    • The nation lost two major contributors to the cause of human rights in the murders of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk on Nov. 27.1978 December 9, George Mendenhall, “Harvey Milk, Mayor Moscone Slain in Shooting”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 1
  3. A person (or thing) instrumental in the creation or growth of something.
    • Methane is a major contributor to global warming
  4. A person who produces articles published in a newspaper, magazine, online publication, etc.
    • William Safire has been a notable contributor to the op-ed pages of The New York Times for many years.

contributor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

contributor in Hindi

contributor
भागीदार bhāgīdār

contributor in Tamil

துணை உதவியாளர், நன்கொடையாளர், பங்களிப்பவர்

contributor in Marathi

योगदान देणारा

contributor in Bengali

করদাতা, অংশদাতা
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contributor in Telugu
కంట్రిబ్యూటర్
contributor in Malayalam
ലേഖനസഹായം ചെയ്യുന്നയാൾ, ലേഖകൻ, പ്രത്യേകലേഖകൻ, എഴുത്തുകാരൻ
contributor in Kannada
ಕೊಡುಗೆದಾರ
contributor in Punjabi
ਯੋਗਦਾਨ ਪਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ
contributor in Gujarati
ફાળો આપનાર, યોગદાન આપનાર
contributor in Odia
ଯୋଗଦାନକାରୀ, ଅବଦାନକାରୀ

Examples of contributor in a sentence

  • We'd like to thank all the contributors who have invested countless hours into this event.
  • The commons of New England towns are important contributors to their charm.
  • Although he did not know all of the ins and outs of the newsroom, he had the writing chops to become a regular contributor.

All 40 example sentences with contributor

Forms of contributor

pluralcontributors
alternative formcontributour

Plural of contributor: contributors

Origin of contributor

From Anglo-Norman contributour (from Latin contribuō); equivalent to contribute + -or.

Words formed from contributor

Questions about contributor

What does contributor mean?
Contributor means a benefactor; someone who donates to charity or some cause.
What is contributor in Hindi?
Contributor in Hindi is भागीदार (bhāgīdār). See Contributor meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is contributor?
Contributor is a noun.
How do you pronounce contributor?
Contributor is pronounced /kənˈtɹɪb.jə.tɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of contributor?
The plural of contributor is contributors.

Words near contributor in the dictionary

  1. contributions
  2. contributive
  3. contributively
  4. contributiveness
  5. contributivity
  6. contributor
  7. contributorial
  8. contributories
  9. contributorily
  10. contributors
  11. contributorship

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: contributor (page history and authors); भागीदार (Hindi) (page history and authors); contributor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contributor (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); contributor (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contributor (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); contributor (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); contributor (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); contributor (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); contributor (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); contributor (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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