About The Word Contribute
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Contribute
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What's The Definition Of Contribute?
[v] provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"
[v] contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office" [v] of a quality, as in; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" [v] be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing" Synonyms | Synonyms for Contribute: add | bestow | bring | chip in | conduce | give | impart | kick in | lead | lend | put up Related Terms | Find terms related to Contribute: accommodate | add to | advance | afford | aid | assist | augment | be enfranchised | be implicated in | bear a hand | bend to | bestow | bias | chip in | clothe | come through | compare | conduce | contribute to | dispose | donate | donate to | endow | enter into | fill | fill up | find | fortify | forward | fund | furnish | gift | gift with | give | give to | go | go into | grant | have a tendency | have suffrage | head | help | help decide | incline | invest | join | join in | keep | kick in | lead | lean | look to | maintain | make available | make provision for | make the scene | partake | partake of | participate | participate in | pitch in | pledge | point | point to | prepare | present | promote | provide | provide for | pull an oar | recruit | redound to | reinforce | replenish | serve | set | set toward | show a tendency | sit in | sit in on | stock | store | strengthen | subscribe | subsidize | supplement | supply | support | sweeten the kitty | take part in | tend | trend | turn | verge | vote | warp | work toward | yield See Also | advance | alter | boost | change | combine | encourage | further | instill | pay | pool | promote | throw in | tinsel | transfuse Contribute In Webster's Dictionary \Con*trib"ute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contributed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Contributing}.] [L. contributus, p. p. of
contribuere to bring together, to add; con- + tribuere to
grant, impart. See {Tribute}.]
To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common
stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part;
to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to
contribute food or fuel for the poor.
England contributes much more than any other of the
allies. --Addison.
\Con*trib"ute\, v. i. 1. To give a part to a common stock; to lend assistance or aid, or give something, to a common purpose; to have a share in any act or effect. We are engaged in war; the secretary of state calls upon the colonies to contribute. --Burke. 2. To give or use one's power or influence for any object; to assist. These men also contributed to obstruct the progress of wisdom. --Goldsmith. |
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