Contribute
[kən'trɪbjuːt;'kɒntrɪbjuːt] or [kən'trɪbjut]
Definition
(verb.) contribute to some cause; 'I gave at the office'.
(verb.) be conducive to; 'The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing'.
Edited by Jacqueline--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To give or use one's power or influence for any object; to assist.
Typed by Carla
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Give (in common with others), grant or bestow (as a share), DONATE.
v. n. Conduce, minister, conspire, co-operate, concur, bear a part, be helpful.
Typist: Margery
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Conduce, add, subscribe, give, co-operate, assist, tend, supply
ANT:Refuse, withhold, misconduct, misapply, contravene
Editor: Maureen
Definition
v.t. to give along with others: to give for a common purpose: to furnish an article to a newspaper &c.: to pay a share.—v.i. to give or bear a part.—adj. Contrib′utary paying a share contributable subject to contribution.—n. Contribū′tion a collection: a levy or charge imposed upon a people: anything furnished to a common stock: a written composition supplied to a jointly written book newspaper &c.—adjs. Contrib′utive Contrib′utory giving a share: helping.—n. Contrib′utor.
Inputed by Elisabeth
Examples
- It is not contrary to justice, that both Ireland and America should contribute towards the discharge of the public debt of Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Mrs. Bute could not disguise from herself the fact that none of her party could so contribute to the pleasures of the town-bred lady. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Two different causes contribute to recommend them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But countries which contribute neither revenue nor military force towards the support of the empire, cannot be considered as provinces. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The French contribute the only known features that are credited to foreign inventors. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If you refuse to contribute to my happiness, I quit England to-night, and will never set foot in it again. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- To be so caught did not contribute to soothe him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The German government paid $1,250,000 into the Zeppelin fund for experiments, and contributed a large sum in addition to the maintenance of a balloon corps. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The feature of importance in the cannon which contributed most to its efficiency was the rifling of the bore with spiral grooves. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Have those public endowments contributed in general, to promote the end of their institution? Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That of England contributed as little towards effectuating the establishment of some of its most important colonies in North America. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Br ashear, who contributed valuable information in reference to the activities of Samuel Pierpont Langley. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Many different causes contributed to relax the discipline of the Roman armies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Have they contributed to encourage the diligence, and to improve the abilities, of the teachers? Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But whether he should succeed in that mode of contributing to the majority on the right side was very doubtful to him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Believe me, I have no pleasure in the world superior to that of contributing to yours. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Is this not a contributing factor to the futility and opacity of our political thinking? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I feel an ambition to arise in me of contributing to the instruction of mankind, and of acquiring a name by my inventions and discoveries. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Even upon this very moderate supposition, the great body of the people, over and above contributing the tax which pays the bounty of 5s. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The nurse's wages were good, and she might succeed, by strict economy, in contributing her small share towards the sum required in two years' time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Agai n, so far were they from contributing to the development of m edicine that they had no physicians for the six hundred years preceding the coming of Greek science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The decorum or indecorum of a quality, with regard to the age, or character, or station, contributes also to its praise or blame. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Thus in aiming at the increase of his own private pleasurable states of consciousness, he contributes to the consciousness of others. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The peerage contributes more four-wheeled affliction than has ever been seen in that neighbourhood. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This evil is totally different from the first: in one case divorce contributes to prostitution, in the other, prostitution leads to divorce. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Whatever contributes to lessen these privations, if at little cost, should merit special attention. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- This buttermilk contributes somewhat to the flavor, but at the same time furnishes a ferment which ultimately spoils the butter by making it rancid. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The oil, which is extracted from the liver, is of great medicinal value, and contributes considerably to the high economic value of the cod. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Nat