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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Contribute \Con*trib"ute\, v. i.
     1. To give a part to a common stock; to lend assistance or
        aid, or give something, to a common purpose; to have a
        share in any act or effect.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              We are engaged in war; the secretary of state calls
              upon the colonies to contribute.      --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To give or use one's power or influence for any object; to
        assist.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              These men also contributed to obstruct the progress
              of wisdom.                            --Goldsmith.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Contribute \Con*trib"ute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contributed; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Contributing.] [L. contributus, p. p. of
     contribuere to bring together, to add; con- + tribuere to
     grant, impart. See Tribute.]
     To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common
     stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part;
     to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to
     contribute food or fuel for the poor.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           England contributes much more than any other of the
           allies.                                  --Addison.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Contribute \Con*trib"ute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contributed; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Contributing.] [L. contributus, p. p. of
     contribuere to bring together, to add; con- + tribuere to
     grant, impart. See Tribute.]
     To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common
     stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part;
     to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to
     contribute food or fuel for the poor.
  
           England contributes much more than any other of the
           allies.                                  --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Contribute \Con*trib"ute\, v. i.
     1. To give a part to a common stock; to lend assistance or
        aid, or give something, to a common purpose; to have a
        share in any act or effect.
  
              We are engaged in war; the secretary of state calls
              upon the colonies to contribute.      --Burke.
  
     2. To give or use one's power or influence for any object; to
        assist.
  
              These men also contributed to obstruct the progress
              of wisdom.                            --Goldsmith.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  contribute
       v 1: 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" [syn: lend, impart, bestow,
             add, bring]
       2: contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office" [syn: give,
           chip in, kick in]
       3: be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead
          to better writing" [syn: lead, conduce]
       4: provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"
          [syn: put up]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contribute
     Αγγλικά vb.
     συνεισφέρω, συμβάλλω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contribute
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a
  larger whole.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  contribute
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a
  larger whole.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  contribute
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a
  larger whole.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  contribute
     vb.
     (lb en ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a
  larger whole.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contribute
     Englanti vb.
     1 (rak en to) antaa panos johonkin, antaa oma osuus johonkin, olla
  mukana luoda jotakin, osallistua johonkin, olla osallinen jossakin,
  myötävaikuttaa johonkin, edesauttaa jotakin, edistää jotakin, tukea
  panoksellaan jotakin
     2 avustaa, tukea, lahjoittaa, ottaa osaa kustannukset
     3 antaa julkaista, jättää julkaista

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contribute
     Engelska vb.
     bidra med

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Contribute /kəntɹˈɪbjuːt/
  ساهم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  contribute //kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt// //kənˈtɹɪb.(j)ət// //kənˈtɹɪb.jut// //ˈkɒn.t(ʃ)ɹɪˌbjuːt// /[kənˈtɹɪb.(j)əɾ]/ 
  доприна́сям
  to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  contribute /kəntɹˈɪbjuːt/ 
  přispívat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  contribute /kəntɹˈɪbjuːt/ 
  přispět

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  contribute /kəntɹˈɪbjuːt/ 
  cydroddi 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  contribute /kəntɹˈɪbjuːt/ 
  cyfrannu 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  contribute /kəntɹˈɪbjuːt/ 
  beitragen, beisteuern, spenden 
        "he/she contributes"  - er/sie trägt bei, er/sie steuert bei
        "I/he/she contributed"  - ich/er/sie trug bei, ich/er/sie steuerte bei
        "he/she has/had contributed"  - er/sie hat/hatte beigetragen, er/sie hat/hatte beigesteuert
   see: contributing, contributed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  contribute /kəntɹˈɪbjuːt/ 
  mitreden 
           Note: Gesprächsbeiträge liefern
     Synonym: make (meaningful) comments
  
   see: contributing, making comments, contributed, made comments, I don't know enough about that to comment.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  contribute /kəntɹˈɪbjuːt/ 
  zubuttern  [ugs.]  [Geld]
   see: contributing, contributed
  
           Note: money

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  contribute /kəntɹˈɪbjuːt/
  
  συνεισφέρω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  contribute //kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt// //kənˈtɹɪb.(j)ət// //kənˈtɹɪb.jut// //ˈkɒn.t(ʃ)ɹɪˌbjuːt// /[kənˈtɹɪb.(j)əɾ]/ 
  antaa osansa, kantaa kortensa kekoon, lahjoittaa, myötävaikuttaa, olla osallisena, osallistua
  to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  contribute /kɔntribjuːt/
  contribuer

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  contribute /kəntɹˈɪbjuːt/ 
  1. सहयोग~देना
        "His work has contributed new information on a difficult problem."
  2. सहायता~करना, चंदा~देना
        "You should contribute old clothes for the victims of flood."
        "Contribute some money to the charity collection."
  3. भाग~देना
        "The chairman encouraged everyone to contribute to the discussion."
  4. प्रकाशन~हेतु~देना
        "She contributes small poems regularly to her school magazine."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  contribute /kəntɹˈɪbjuːt/
  darovati, donirati, doprinijeti, podnesu, podnijeti, pokloniti, pridonijeti, pridonose, pridonositi, priložiti, uložiti

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  contribute /kəntɹˈɪbjuːt/
  contribuire

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  contribute //kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt// //kənˈtɹɪb.(j)ət// //kənˈtɹɪb.jut// //ˈkɒn.t(ʃ)ɹɪˌbjuːt// /[kənˈtɹɪb.(j)əɾ]/ 
  貢献
  to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  contribute //kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt// //kənˈtɹɪb.(j)ət// //kənˈtɹɪb.jut// //ˈkɒn.t(ʃ)ɹɪˌbjuːt// /[kənˈtɹɪb.(j)əɾ]/ 
  bidra
  to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  contribute /kənˈtrɪbju:t/ 
   1.  przyczyniać się (to sth - do czegoś)
   2.  oferować, wpłacać (to - na)
   3.  publikować (to - w) , nadsyłać (to - do)

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  contribute /kɔntribjuːt/
  colaborar, contribuir

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  contribute //kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt// //kənˈtɹɪb.(j)ət// //kənˈtɹɪb.jut// //ˈkɒn.t(ʃ)ɹɪˌbjuːt// /[kənˈtɹɪb.(j)əɾ]/ 
  bidra, bidraga
  to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  contribute /kəntɹˈɪbjuːt/
  1. bağışlamak, teberru etmek, iane vermek
  2. katkıda bulunmak. contribute to yardım etmek, iştirak etmek
  3. (gazeteye) yazı vermek. contributor  veren kimse, yardım eden kimse, katkıda bulunan kimse
  4. dergi veya gazeteye yazı yazan kimse.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/kənˈtɹɪbjut/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  98 Moby Thesaurus words for "contribute":
     accommodate, add to, advance, afford, aid, assist, augment,
     be enfranchised, be implicated in, bear a hand, bend to, bestow,
     bias, chip in, clothe, come through, compare, conduce,
     contribute to, dispose, donate, donate to, endow, enter into, fill,
     fill up, find, fortify, forward, fund, furnish, gift, gift with,
     give, give to, go, go into, grant, have a tendency, have suffrage,
     head, help, help decide, incline, invest, join, join in, keep,
     kick in, lead, lean, look to, maintain, make available,
     make provision for, make the scene, partake, partake of,
     participate, participate in, pitch in, pledge, point, point to,
     prepare, present, promote, provide, provide for, pull an oar,
     recruit, redound to, reinforce, replenish, serve, set, set toward,
     show a tendency, sit in, sit in on, stock, store, strengthen,
     subscribe, subsidize, supplement, supply, support,
     sweeten the kitty, take part in, tend, trend, turn, verge, vote,
     warp, work toward, yield
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 有助于,捐助,投稿;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 有助于,捐助,投稿
     vi. 出力,捐献,投稿

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