āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
contribute
/kËÉntÉšÉĒbjËuËt/
to contribute
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āĻ āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to give something, especially money or goods, in order to achieve a goal or help a cause
Intransitive
Transitive: to contribute sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company decided to contribute a percentage of its profits to charitable organizations.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϞāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻĻāĻžāϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to be one of the causes or reasons that helps something happen
Intransitive: to contribute to an outcome
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The feedback from customers contributed to improving the product.
āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āĻāύā§āύāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻ
āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āϰā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻ āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āϞā§āĻāĻž
to write stories, articles, etc. for a newspaper or magazine
Intransitive: to contribute to a publication
Transitive: to contribute an article to a publication
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was invited to contribute a feature story to the magazine.
āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻ
āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
contributing
contribution
contributive
contribute
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