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Contributing   /kəntrˈɪbjutɪŋ/   Listen
Contributing

adjective
1.
Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for.  Synonyms: conducive, contributive, contributory, tributary.  "The seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of the city" , "A contributory factor"



Contribute

verb
(past & past part. contributed; pres. part. contributing)
1.
Bestow a quality on.  Synonyms: add, bestow, bring, impart, lend.  "The music added a lot to the play" , "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings" , "This adds a light note to the program"
2.
Contribute to some cause.  Synonyms: chip in, give, kick in.
3.
Be conducive to.  Synonyms: conduce, lead.
4.
Provide.  Synonym: put up.






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"Contributing" Quotes from Famous Books



... grandly, on the strength of my contributing an occasional magazine article at stray intervals to one of the current periodicals—getting one accepted for every dozen that were "declined with thanks;" and, being the "musical critic" of ...
— She and I, Volume 2 - A Love Story. A Life History. • John Conroy Hutcheson

... this patriotic pressure. It addressed itself to the "Congregational Board" of Warsaw, inquiring about the attitude of the Jewish community towards the projected formation of a separate regiment of Jewish volunteers. The Board replied that the community had already given proofs of its patriotism by contributing 40,000 Gulden towards the revolutionary funds, and by collecting further contributions towards the equipment of volunteers. The formation of a special Jewish regiment the Board did not consider advisable, inasmuch as such action was not in keeping with the task of uniting all citizens ...
— History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II • S.M. Dubnow

... Have we nothing to fear from the leaven of political fragmentarism in Europe? Is there not vitality enough in the little-monarchy and balance-of-power system of Middle and Western Europe to extend its influence into this country, contributing effectually to the overthrow of American unity; and, by the operation of this political 'induction,' making the political system of America like the political system of Europe? Or, has the time come for the more permanent inauguration of the policy of continental unity—a ...
— Continental Monthly , Vol V. Issue III. March, 1864 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various

... in with half a dozen corrections of trivial details of no interest or importance to any one, the speakers included. For instance: Suppose the two dining in a strange house, and Mrs. Skratdj seated by the host, and contributing to the small talk of the ...
— Junior Classics, V6 • Various

... Boston and later in Hartford, but the work proving too trying for his delicate health, he returned to the farm. Meanwhile, he was contributing verse to the newspapers. ...
— Elson Grammer School Literature, Book Four. • William H. Elson and Christine Keck


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