CONTRIBUTORY


Meaning of CONTRIBUTORY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kəntrɪbjʊtəri, AM -tɔ:ri ]

A contributory factor of a problem or accident is one of the things which caused it to exist or happen. ( FORMAL )

We now know that repressing anger is a contributory factor in many physical illnesses.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

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