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# contributor

noun (a contributor, contributors)

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

## Everyday

1. A person who gives money, help or ideas to something together with others: contributors to the charity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contributor/#m1)
2. A person who writes articles or parts for a book, magazine, website or project. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contributor/#m2)
3. Something that helps cause something: smoking is a major contributor to heart disease. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contributor/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school projects, all group members are contributors; in charity events, contributors give money. In maths problems contributors share costs. In science, cars are a contributor to air pollution. Phrases: a major contributor to, a regular contributor, list of contributors.

### Examples

- Every contributor to the class book wrote one page. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contributor/#x1)
- The charity thanked all its contributors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contributor/#x2)
- Twenty contributors gave 5 dollars each, so 100 dollars was raised. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contributor/#x3)
- Cars are a big contributor to air pollution. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contributor/#x4)
- She is a regular contributor to the school newspaper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contributor/#x5)
- (formal) Each contributor shall receive a certificate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/contributor/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Verb: contribute; noun: contribution. Stress: con-TRIB-ut-or. In maths, the total = number of contributors x amount each (if all give the same).

## On Mova

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