"contribute" meaning in English

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      "form": "contributed",
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      "form": "contributing",
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        "present",
        "participle"
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  "hyphenation": "con‧tri‧bute",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Verbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "text": "Unusually warm temperatures may have significantly contributed to the amount of rain we've had."
        },
        {
          "text": "There are a lot of factors that are contributing to the strong economy."
        },
        {
          "text": "Staff writer Karlyn Barker contributed to this report."
        },
        {
          "text": "This information contributes to our understanding of the problem."
        },
        {
          "text": "Reduced rainfall may have contributed to the decline of the Mayan civilization."
        }
      ],
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        "If x contributes to y, x is one of a number of things that together make or cause y."
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        "intransitive"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Everybody contributed $10 to pay for the present."
        },
        {
          "text": "Are you able to contribute an hour a week to help us out?"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "If you contribute something, you make it available to other people."
      ],
      "id": "simple-contribute-en-verb-AEa01DeV",
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        "transitive & intransitive"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈtrɪbjuːt/"
    },
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        "past"
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    },
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      "form": "contributed",
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        "past",
        "participle"
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    },
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      "form": "contributing",
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        "present",
        "participle"
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          "text": "Unusually warm temperatures may have significantly contributed to the amount of rain we've had."
        },
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          "text": "There are a lot of factors that are contributing to the strong economy."
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          "text": "Staff writer Karlyn Barker contributed to this report."
        },
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          "text": "This information contributes to our understanding of the problem."
        },
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          "text": "Reduced rainfall may have contributed to the decline of the Mayan civilization."
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      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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        "Intransitive verbs",
        "Transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Everybody contributed $10 to pay for the present."
        },
        {
          "text": "Are you able to contribute an hour a week to help us out?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you contribute something, you make it available to other people."
      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/kənˈtrɪbjuːt/"
    },
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