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Etymology
From Latin contribūtus, perfect passive participle of contribuō (“I bring together; I unite”), from con- (“together”) + tribuō (“I bestow”), from tribus (“tribe”), derived from trēs (“three”), from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt/, /ˈkɒn.t(ʃ)ɹɪˌbjuːt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈtɹɪb.jut/
- (when conjugated as contributing or contributed) IPA(key): /kənˈtɹɪb.(j)ət/
- (General American, General Australian) IPA(key): [kənˈtɹɪb.(j)əɾ]
- (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈkon.tɹɪb.jut/
- Hyphenation: con‧trib‧ute
Verb
contribute (third-person singular simple present contributes, present participle contributing, simple past and past participle contributed)
- (ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:contribute
- to contribute money to a church fund
- to contribute articles to a journal
- 1849, William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley, The Christian Remembrancer, volume 17, page 217:
- That principle carried out consistently and logically, makes the individual not a claimant upon society, but a benefiter of it. He contributes whatever talent, natural or acquired, he may have, cheerfully to the promotion of the common good, […]
- 2007 April 29, Pat Borzi, “Normalcy Returns: Rivera Gets First Save”, in The New York Times:
- Rivera retired the next three batters in order, with third baseman Alex Rodriguez contributing a nifty barehand pickup and throw on Julio Lugo’s roller.
- 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
- Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. 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, Eric Benjamin Seufert, Freemium Economics: Leveraging Analytics and User Segmentation to Drive Revenue, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 94:
- 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.
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Translations
to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole
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Participle
contribūte
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