Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: contribute
IPA transcription: [kəntɹ'ɪbjut]
Pronunciations of contribute
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verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
    Meaning: bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
  • Synonyms: contribute, give, chip_in, kick_in
    Meaning: contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office"
  • Synonyms: contribute, lead, conduce
    Meaning: be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing"
  • Synonyms: put_up, contribute
    Meaning: provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"
Usage examples
  • Others contribute to the maintenance of life, and to its external adornment and display.
  • They willingly take their pens to contribute to the edification and satisfy the lawful curiosity of their brethren.
  • But it should contribute through the type of intellectual and emotional disposition which it forms to the improvement of those conditions.
  • The butcher, the brewer, and the baker, soon join them, together with many other artificers and retailers, necessary or useful for supplying their occasional wants, and who contribute still further to augment the town.
  • The personal opinions of the editors have no kind of weight in the eyes of the public: the only use of a journal is, that it imparts the knowledge of certain facts, and it is only by altering or distorting those facts that a journalist can contribute to the support of his own views.
  • Naturalists tell us that several varieties of insect existence we rashly set down as mere annoyances, have their peculiar spheres of usefulness and good; and, doubtless, these same loungers contribute in some mysterious manner to the welfare of that state which they only seem to burden.
  • At their entrance they made a profound obeisance to the ladies, who rose up to receive them, and told them courteously that they were welcome, that they were glad of the opportunity to oblige them, and to contribute towards relieving the fatigues of their journey, and at last invited them to sit down with them.
  • It would call upon men to contribute for public expenses in proportion to the natural opportunities they monopolize, and make it unprofitable for speculators to hold land unused or only partly used, thus opening to labor unlimited fields of employment, solving the labor problem and abolishing involuntary poverty.
  • Now humanity might indeed subsist, although no one should contribute anything to the happiness of others, provided he did not intentionally withdraw anything from it; but after all this would only harmonize negatively not positively with humanity as an end in itself, if every one does not also endeavour, as far as in him lies, to forward the ends of others.
  • He maintains that, as the king's army has driven out the French, and gives protection to the colony, it is only fair that the colonists should contribute to its expenses. The English ask for no contributions toward the expense of their own country, but demand that, at least, the expenses of the protection of the colony shall not be charged upon the heavily taxed people at home.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Zelda Fitzgerald, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Service-oriented architecture, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Association football, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Chris Moyles, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hypochondriasis, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Evolution, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Moe Berg, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording African Union, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Siesta, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Zinc, License CC BY-SA 4.0