Antonyms for contribute

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuhn-trib-yoot

Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtrɪb yut

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for contribute

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