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Synonyms for contribute
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuhn-trib-yoot |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtrɪb yut |
Top 10 synonyms for contribute Other synonyms for the word contribute
- accord
- add to
- afford
- aid
- ante up
- assign
- augment
- be conducive
- be instrumental
- bequeath
- bequest
- bestow
- chip in
- come through
- conduce
- confer
- dispense
- do one's bit
- dole out
- dower
- endow
- enrich
- finger in the pie
- fortify
- furnish
- get in the act
- give away
- go Dutch
- hand out
- have a hand in
- kick in
- pitch in
- present
- proffer
- put in two cents
- redound
- reinforce
- sacrifice
- share
- sit in on
- strengthen
- subscribe
- subsidize
- supplement
- supply
- support
- sweeten the kitty
- tend
- tender
- uphold
- will
Définition of contribute
Origin :- 1520s, from Latin contributus, past participle of contribuere "to bring together, add, unite, collect, contribute" (see contribution). Figurative sense is from 1630s. Related: Contributed; contributing.
- verb donate, provide
- verb be partly responsible for
- There's at least one rich gent that'll contribute maybe that much more.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- As to her superior talents, do they contribute to her own happiness, or to the happiness of others?
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Let us contribute, each, in equal shares, to our common fund.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
- It is our duty to our descendants to contribute as far as is in our power to its accomplishment.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- Fecundity is the end he proposes, and he rewards with intoxicating delights those who contribute to the fulfilment of his designs.
- Extract from : « The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete » by Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe
- At your request and upon your kind invitation, I am here to contribute my share—small though it be—to the general fund.
- Extract from : « Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866 » by Henry Howland Crapo
- But he has not explained how or in what way punishment is to contribute to the improvement of mankind.
- Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato
- Does it contribute any fresh fact regarding the discovery of the body?
- Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
- Here nothing is neglected that can contribute to the fighting value of the units.
- Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
- The Club will also publish a monthly bulletin, to which members may contribute.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
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