Synonyms for contributive
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuhn-trib-yoot |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtrɪb yut |
Définition of contributive
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.
- adj contributing a result
- It would be foolish to ignore the contributive force of this sense.
- Extract from : « Modern Religious Cults and Movements » by Gaius Glenn Atkins
- Henry James proposed, in each instance, to disclose "the contributive value of the accessory facts in a given artistic case."
- Extract from : « The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 » by Various
- Description also, in the most artistic fiction, is used only as subsidiary and contributive to narration.
- Extract from : « Materials and Methods of Fiction » by Clayton Hamilton
- But it is in narrative and in description that the quality of style is most contributive to the maximum effect.
- Extract from : « Materials and Methods of Fiction » by Clayton Hamilton
- The contributive part of French in the new vocabulary corresponds to the branches of activity reserved to the new-comers.
- Extract from : « A Literary History of the English People » by Jean Jules Jusserand
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