contribute
part of speech
verb (contribute, contributes, contributed, contributing)
meaning for a pupil
1) To contribute is to give money, time or help together with other people. tree →
2) To contribute to something is to help cause it. tree →
3) To contribute an idea is to share it in a discussion. tree →
4) To contribute to a magazine or book is to send in a piece of writing for it to be printed. tree →
sense in the lessons
School (contribute to the class discussion, contribute to the food bank), science (smoking contributes to illness), team work.
examples
- Everyone contributed a pound for the gift. tree →
- Please contribute your ideas. tree →
- Litter contributes to pollution. tree →
- She contributed three goals to the win. tree →
- Lack of sleep contributed to his grumpiness. tree →
- We all contributed food for the picnic. tree →
- Mr. Toulmin Smith gave another version in The Constitutional, July 1, 1853, which was translated by his daughter, and contributed to Mélusine, t. ii. tree →
note
Stress: con-TRIB-ute. Noun: contribution. In maths problems: «each child contributes 2 dollars» means add or multiply: total = number of children × 2.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «contribute» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.