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# contribute

verb (contribute, contributes, contributed, contributing)

«contribute» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To contribute is to give money, time or help together with other people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contribute/#m1)
2. To contribute to something is to help cause it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contribute/#m2)
3. To contribute an idea is to share it in a discussion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contribute/#m3)
4. To contribute to a magazine or book is to send in a piece of writing for it to be printed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contribute/#m4)

### In the lessons

School (contribute to the class discussion, contribute to the food bank), science (smoking contributes to illness), team work.

### Examples

- Everyone contributed a pound for the gift. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contribute/#x1)
- Please contribute your ideas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contribute/#x2)
- Litter contributes to pollution. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contribute/#x3)
- She contributed three goals to the win. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contribute/#x4)
- Lack of sleep contributed to his grumpiness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contribute/#x5)
- We all contributed food for the picnic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contribute/#x6)
- Mr. Toulmin Smith gave another version in The Constitutional, July 1, 1853, which was translated by his daughter, and contributed to Mélusine, t. ii. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contribute/#x7)

### Note

Stress: con-TRIB-ute. Noun: contribution. In maths problems: «each child contributes 2 dollars» means add or multiply: total = number of children × 2.

## In Jewish tradition

School (contribute to the class discussion, contribute to the food bank), science (smoking contributes to illness), team work.

### Note

Stress: con-TRIB-ute. Noun: contribution. In maths problems: «each child contributes 2 dollars» means add or multiply: total = number of children × 2.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «contribute» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contribute/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«contribute» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/contribute.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «contribute» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contribute/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«contribute» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/contribute.html) on Mova free.