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"text": "to contribute money to a church fund",
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"text": "to contribute articles to a journal",
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"ref": "1849, William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley, The Christian Remembrancer, volume 17, page 217:",
"text": "That principle carried out consistently and logically, makes the individual not a claimant upon society, but a benefiter of it. He contributes whatever talent, natural or acquired, he may have, cheerfully to the promotion of the common good, […]",
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"ref": "2007 April 29, Pat Borzi, “Normalcy Returns: Rivera Gets First Save”, in The New York Times:",
"text": "Rivera retired the next three batters in order, with third baseman Alex Rodriguez contributing a nifty barehand pickup and throw on Julio Lugo’s roller.",
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"ref": "2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:",
"text": "Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.",
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"ref": "2013, Eric Benjamin Seufert, Freemium Economics: Leveraging Analytics and User Segmentation to Drive Revenue, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 94:",
"text": "Lifetime ARPU, or the average revenue contributed per user over the lifetime of a product, can provide some insight into the habits of a large group of users within the product.",
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "bydra"
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"word": "նպաստել"
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"roman": "gòngxiàn",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "貢獻 /贡献"
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "kontribui"
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "myötävaikuttaa"
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "olla osallisena"
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"word": "lahjoittaa"
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "kantaa kortensa kekoon"
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "contribuer"
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "beisteuern"
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"word": "közreműködik"
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"word": "貢献する"
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"code": "lb",
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"word": "bäidroen"
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"code": "lb",
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "contribuéieren"
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"word": "dołożyć się"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "contribuir"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "délatʹ požértvovanija",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "де́лать взно́сы"
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"word": "doprinositi"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"tags": [
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"word": "doprinijeti"
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"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "prispevati"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "contribuir"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "bidra"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "vkladátysja",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "вклада́тися"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "robyty vnesok",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"tags": [
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"word": "робити внесок"
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "contribute"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
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"ref": "2013, Eric Benjamin Seufert, Freemium Economics: Leveraging Analytics and User Segmentation to Drive Revenue, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 94:",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "bydra"
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "سَاهَمَ"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "npastel",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "նպաստել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "doprinásjam",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "доприна́сям"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "contribuir"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gòngxiàn",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "貢獻 /贡献"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "přispět"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "bidrage"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "bijdragen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "kontribui"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "myötävaikuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "olla osallisena"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "lahjoittaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "antaa osansa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "tehdä osansa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "osallistua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "kantaa kortensa kekoon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "contribuer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "beisteuern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "beitragen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "syneisféro",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "συνεισφέρω"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "eisphérō",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "εἰσφέρω"
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"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "kontribye"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tarám",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "תרם"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "hozzájárul"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "közreműködik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "contribuire"
},
{
"alt": "こうけんする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōken suru",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "貢献する"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "üles qosu",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "үлес қосу"
},
{
"code": "kix",
"lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "thōh-îe"
},
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "cōnferō"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "contribuō"
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{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "bäidroen"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "bäisteieren"
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{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "contribuéieren"
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "bidra"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "dołożyć się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "dokładać się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "wnosić wkład"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "wnieść wkład"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "contribuir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délatʹ požértvovanija",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "де́лать поже́ртвования"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délatʹ vznósy",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "де́лать взно́сы"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vnosítʹ vklad",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вноси́ть вклад"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
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"word": "доприносити"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"tags": [
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"perfective"
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"word": "допринети"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
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"word": "doprinositi"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "doprinijeti"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "prispevati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "contribuir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "bidra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "bidraga"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vkladátysja",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "вклада́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "robyty vnesok",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "робити внесок"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zrobyty vnesok",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зробити внесок"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "contribute"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
"word": "cyfrannu"
}
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"word": "contribute"
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