"contribute" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɒn.t(ʃ)ɹɪˌbjuːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kənˈtɹɪb.jut/ [General-American], /kənˈtɹɪb.(j)ət/ (note: when conjugated as contributing or contributed), [kənˈtɹɪb.(j)əɾ] [General-American, General-Australian] Audio: en-GB-contribute.ogg [UK], en-us-contribute.ogg [US] Forms: contributes [present, singular, third-person], contributing [participle, present], contributed [participle, past], contributed [past]
Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Latin contribūtus, perfect passive participle of contribuō (“I bring together; I unite”), from con- (“together”) + tribuō (“I bestow”), from tribus (“tribe”), derived from trēs (“three”), from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*tréyes}} *tréyes, {{PIE word|en|tréyes}} PIE word *tréyes, {{der|en|la|contribūtus}} Latin contribūtus, {{m|la|contribuō||I bring together; I unite}} contribuō (“I bring together; I unite”), {{prefix|la|con|tribuō|nocat=1|t1=together|t2=I bestow}} con- (“together”) + tribuō (“I bestow”), {{m|la|tribus||tribe}} tribus (“tribe”), {{m|la|trēs||three}} trēs (“three”), {{der|en|itc-pro|*trēs}} Proto-Italic *trēs, {{der|en|ine-pro|*tréyes}} Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Head templates: {{en-verb}} contribute (third-person singular simple present contributes, present participle contributing, simple past and past participle contributed)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole. Tags: intransitive, transitive Related terms: contributable, contribution, contributive, contributor, contributory, distribute, give, giver Translations (to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole): bydra (Afrikaans), εἰσφέρω (eisphérō) (Ancient Greek), سَاهَمَ (sāhama) (Arabic), նպաստել (npastel) (Armenian), доприна́сям (doprinásjam) (Bulgarian), contribuir (Catalan), 貢獻 (Chinese Mandarin), 贡献 (gòngxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), přispět (Czech), bidrage (Danish), bijdragen (Dutch), kontribui (Esperanto), myötävaikuttaa (Finnish), olla osallisena (Finnish), lahjoittaa (Finnish), antaa osansa (Finnish), tehdä osansa (Finnish), osallistua (Finnish), kantaa kortensa kekoon (Finnish), contribuer (French), beisteuern (German), beitragen (German), συνεισφέρω (syneisféro) (Greek), kontribye (Haitian Creole), תרם (tarám) (Hebrew), hozzájárul (Hungarian), közreműködik (Hungarian), contribuire (Italian), 貢献する (kōken suru) (alt: こうけんする) (Japanese), үлес қосу (üles qosu) (Kazakh), cōnferō (Latin), contribuō (Latin), bäidroen (Luxembourgish), bäisteieren (Luxembourgish), contribuéieren (Luxembourgish), bidra (Norwegian), dołożyć się [perfective] (Polish), dokładać się [imperfective] (Polish), wnosić wkład [imperfective] (Polish), wnieść wkład [perfective] (Polish), contribuir (Portuguese), де́лать поже́ртвования (délatʹ požértvovanija) [imperfective] (Russian), де́лать взно́сы (délatʹ vznósy) [imperfective] (Russian), вноси́ть вклад (vnosítʹ vklad) [imperfective] (Russian), доприносити [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), допринети [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), doprinositi [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), doprinijeti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), prispevati (Slovene), contribuir (Spanish), bidra (Swedish), bidraga (Swedish), вклада́тися (vkladátysja) (Ukrainian), робити внесок (robyty vnesok) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зробити внесок (zrobyty vnesok) [perfective] (Ukrainian), contribute (Vietnamese), cyfrannu (Welsh)

Verb [Latin]

Forms: contribūte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|participle form|head=contribūte}} contribūte
  1. vocative masculine singular of contribūtus Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, singular, vocative Form of: contribūtus
    Sense id: en-contribute-la-verb-gK-QWKKb Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "to contribute articles to a journal",
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
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          "word": "contribute"
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          "word": "assist"
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          "word": "bestow"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
          "word": "bring"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
          "word": "chip in"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
          "word": "donate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
          "word": "do one's bit"
        },
        {
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          "word": "endow"
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          "word": "fund"
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        {
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          "word": "gift"
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        {
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          "word": "grant"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
          "word": "impart"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
          "word": "invest"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
          "word": "join"
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        {
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          "word": "kick in"
        },
        {
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          "word": "lend"
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          "word": "pledge"
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        {
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          "word": "provide"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
          "word": "put up"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
          "word": "set forward"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
          "word": "sweeten the kitty"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
          "word": "supply"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
          "word": "support"
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        {
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
          "word": "bydra"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "sāhama",
          "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"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
          "word": "貢獻"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gòngxiàn",
          "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
          "word": "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"
        },
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "eisphérō",
          "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
          "word": "εἰσφέρω"
        },
        {
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
          "word": "kontribye"
        },
        {
          "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": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
          "word": "cōnferō"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
          "word": "contribuō"
        },
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
          "word": "contribuéieren"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
          "word": "bidra"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "dołożyć się"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "dokładać się"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wnosić wkład"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "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"
          ],
          "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"
          ],
          "word": "доприносити"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "допринети"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "doprinositi"
        },
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "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"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɒn.t(ʃ)ɹɪˌbjuːt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈtɹɪb.jut/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈtɹɪb.(j)ət/",
      "note": "when conjugated as contributing or contributed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kənˈtɹɪb.(j)əɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
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      "audio": "en-GB-contribute.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/73/En-GB-contribute.ogg/En-GB-contribute.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/En-GB-contribute.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-contribute.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/En-us-contribute.ogg/En-us-contribute.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/En-us-contribute.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "contribute"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "contribūte",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "participle form",
        "head": "contribūte"
      },
      "expansion": "contribūte",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "contribūtus"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "vocative masculine singular of contribūtus"
      ],
      "id": "en-contribute-la-verb-gK-QWKKb",
      "links": [
        [
          "contribūtus",
          "contributus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "contribute"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*tréyes"
      },
      "expansion": "*tréyes",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tréyes"
      },
      "expansion": "PIE word\n *tréyes",
      "name": "PIE word"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "contribūtus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin contribūtus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "contribuō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I bring together; I unite"
      },
      "expansion": "contribuō (“I bring together; I unite”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "con",
        "3": "tribuō",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "together",
        "t2": "I bestow"
      },
      "expansion": "con- (“together”) + tribuō (“I bestow”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "tribus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tribe"
      },
      "expansion": "tribus (“tribe”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "trēs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "three"
      },
      "expansion": "trēs (“three”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*trēs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *trēs",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*tréyes"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tréyes",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "contributes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contributing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contributed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contributed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "contribute (third-person singular simple present contributes, present participle contributing, simple past and past participle contributed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "con‧trib‧ute"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "contributable"
    },
    {
      "word": "contribution"
    },
    {
      "word": "contributive"
    },
    {
      "word": "contributor"
    },
    {
      "word": "contributory"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "distribute"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "give"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "giver"
    }
  ],
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      "categories": [
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *tréyes",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Polish links with redundant wikilinks"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to contribute money to a church fund",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to contribute articles to a journal",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "contribute"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɒn.t(ʃ)ɹɪˌbjuːt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈtɹɪb.jut/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈtɹɪb.(j)ət/",
      "note": "when conjugated as contributing or contributed"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kənˈtɹɪb.(j)əɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/En-GB-contribute.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
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    },
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      "audio": "en-us-contribute.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/En-us-contribute.ogg/En-us-contribute.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/En-us-contribute.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "add"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "assist"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "bestow"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "bring"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "chip in"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "donate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "do one's bit"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "endow"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "fund"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "gift"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "grant"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "impart"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "invest"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "join"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "kick in"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "lend"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "participate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "pitch in"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "pledge"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "provide"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "put up"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "set forward"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "sweeten the kitty"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "supply"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:contribute",
      "word": "support"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
      "word": "bydra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sāhama",
      "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
      "word": "سَاهَمَ"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
      "word": "貢獻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gòngxiàn",
      "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
      "word": "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eisphérō",
      "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
      "word": "εἰσφέρω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
      "word": "kontribye"
    },
    {
      "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": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
      "word": "cōnferō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
      "word": "contribuō"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
      "word": "contribuéieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
      "word": "bidra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "dołożyć się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dokładać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wnosić wkład"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "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"
      ],
      "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"
      ],
      "word": "доприносити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "допринети"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to give something, that is or becomes part of a larger whole",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "doprinositi"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "contribute"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "contribūte",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "participle form",
        "head": "contribūte"
      },
      "expansion": "contribūte",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin participle forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "contribūtus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vocative masculine singular of contribūtus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contribūtus",
          "contributus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "contribute"
}

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