contributeverb [ I or T ]
uk/kənˈtrɪb.juːt//ˈkɒn.trɪ.bjuːt/us/kənˈtrɪb.juːt/usB2 to give something, especially money, in order to provide or achieve something together with other people:
Aren't you going to contributetowards Jack's leaving present?
Come to the meeting if you feel you have something to contribute.
Her family has contributed $50,000 to the fund.
C1 to write articles for a newspaper, magazine, or book:
She contributes to several magazines.
More examples
- The company publicly apologized and agreed to contribute some money to charity.
- It was a real team effort - everyone contributed something to the success of the project.
- Tourism contributes millions of pounds to the country's economy.
- Everyone in the office is contributing money for his leaving present.
- We have contributed all our working lives to pension schemes and national insurance, expecting a reasonable state pension on retirement.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- dish
- go round (somewhere)
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- invest
- lay
- spare
- stake sb to sth
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
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Phrasal verb(s)
contribute to sth