contributor

«contributor» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who gives money, help or ideas to something… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a contributor, contributors)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who gives money, help or ideas to something together with others: contributors to the charity. tree →

2) A person who writes articles or parts for a book, magazine, website or project. tree →

3) Something that helps cause something: smoking is a major contributor to heart disease. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school projects, all group members are contributors; in charity events, contributors give money. In maths problems contributors share costs. In science, cars are a contributor to air pollution. Phrases: a major contributor to, a regular contributor, list of contributors.

examples

• Every contributor to the class book wrote one page. tree →
• The charity thanked all its contributors. tree →
• Twenty contributors gave 5 dollars each, so 100 dollars was raised. tree →
• Cars are a big contributor to air pollution. tree →
• She is a regular contributor to the school newspaper. tree →
• (formal) Each contributor shall receive a certificate. tree →

note

Countable. Verb: contribute; noun: contribution. Stress: con-TRIB-ut-or. In maths, the total = number of contributors x amount each (if all give the same).

In the corpora

• "Enthusiastic contributor" can mean the pupil shouts out answers without waiting.
• On a school report, "natural leader" can mean bossy and "enthusiastic contributor" can mean shouts out answers without waiting.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «contributor» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.