(~s, contributing, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
The three sons also ~ to the family business...
He believes he has something to ~ to a discussion concerning the uprising.
VERB: V to n, V n to n, also V
2.
To ~ money or resources to something means to give money or resources to help pay for something or to help achieve a particular purpose.
The US is contributing $4 billion in loans, credits and grants...
NATO officials agreed to ~ troops and equipment to such an operation if the UN Security Council asked for it.
= donate
VERB: V n, V n to/towards n, also V
contributor (contributors)
...the largest net contributors to EU funds.
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3.
If something ~s to an event or situation, it is one of the causes of it.
The report says design faults in both the vessels ~d to the tragedy...
Stress, both human and mechanical, may also be a contributing factor.
VERB: V to n, V-ing
4.
If you ~ to a magazine, newspaper, or book, you write things that are published in it.
I was asked to ~ to a newspaper article making predictions for the new year...
Frank Deford is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine.
VERB: V to n, V-ing
contributor (contributors)
Reporter Alan Nearn covers Central America and is a regular contributor to The New Yorker.
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