Meaning

1 senses
  1. 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

    beisteuern, beitragen

    де́лать поже́ртвованияdélatʹ požértvovanija, де́лать взно́сыdélatʹ vznósy, вноси́ть вкладvnosítʹ vklad

    вклада́тисяvkladátysja, робити внесокrobyty vnesok, зробити внесокzrobyty vnesok

More definitions
  • contribute to some cause
  • be conducive to
  • provide
  • bestow a quality on

Examples

376 sentences
  1. He contributed a lot of money.

    Він вклав багато грошей.

    ruОн вложил много денег.

    deEr steuerte viel Geld bei.

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  2. Tom doesn't want to contribute.

    Том не хоче співробітничати.

    deTom möchte sich nicht beteiligen.

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  3. Everyone is free to contribute.

    Кожен може зробити свій внесок.

    ruКаждый может внести свой вклад.

    deJeder darf etwas beitragen.

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  4. She contributed much to the company.

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  5. He contributed fifty dollars to the project.

    ruОн вложил пятьдесят долларов в проект.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole:
Русский
By meaning 1
to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole:

Forms

contributes, contributing, contributed, contributed
Base formcontribute · to contribute
3rd person singularcontributes
Present participlecontributing
Past simplecontributed
Past participlecontributed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycontribute
he, she, itcontributes

Past simpleLesson

all personscontributed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave contributed
he, she, ithas contributed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill contribute

Synonyms

28 synonyms

Word family

13 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • contributed a lot
  • want to contribute
  • has contributed a
  • contribute to the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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