contribute to sth
— phrasal verb with contribute uk/kənˈtrɪb.juːt//ˈkɒn.trɪ.bjuːt/us/kənˈtrɪb.juːt/usverb [ I or T ]
to help to cause an event or situation:
Smoking contributed to his early death.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing things to happen
- -ization
- -ize
- actuate
- actuation
- agent
- awaken (sth) in sb
- be associated with sth
- beget
- draw
- fuel
- instigator
- introduce
- jumping-off point
- lie
- plant
- produce
- rise
- usher sth in
- wreak
- wrought
See more results »