Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to contribute
Participle: contributed
Gerund: contributing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | contribute |
| you | contribute |
| he;she;it | contributes |
| we | contribute |
| you | contribute |
| they | contribute |
Perfect
| I | have contributed |
| you | have contributed |
| he;she;it | has contributed |
| we | have contributed |
| you | have contributed |
| they | have contributed |
Past
| I | contributed |
| you | contributed |
| he;she;it | contributed |
| we | contributed |
| you | contributed |
| they | contributed |
Pluperfect
| I | had contributed |
| you | had contributed |
| he;she;it | had contributed |
| we | had contributed |
| you | had contributed |
| they | had contributed |
Future
| I | will contribute |
| you | will contribute |
| he;she;it | will contribute |
| we | will contribute |
| you | will contribute |
| they | will contribute |
Future Perfect
| I | will have contributed |
| you | will have contributed |
| he;she;it | will have contributed |
| we | will have contributed |
| you | will have contributed |
| they | will have contributed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | contribute |
| you | contribute |
| he;she;it | contribute |
| we | contribute |
| you | contribute |
| they | contribute |
Perfect
| I | have contributed |
| you | have contributed |
| he;she;it | have contributed |
| we | have contributed |
| you | have contributed |
| they | have contributed |
Imperfect
| I | contributed |
| you | contributed |
| he;she;it | contributed |
| we | contributed |
| you | contributed |
| they | contributed |
Pluperfect
| I | had contributed |
| you | had contributed |
| he;she;it | had contributed |
| we | had contributed |
| you | had contributed |
| they | had contributed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would contribute |
| you | would contribute |
| he;she;it | would contribute |
| we | would contribute |
| you | would contribute |
| they | would contribute |
Perfect
| I | would have contributed |
| you | would have contributed |
| he;she;it | would have contributed |
| we | would have contributed |
| you | would have contributed |
| they | would have contributed |
Imperative
| you | contribute |
| we | Let's contribute |
| you | contribute |
Verbs conjugated like 'contribute'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'contribute'
contrite,
recontribute,
attribute,
centrifuge,
codistribute,
constitute,
continue,
contrist,
contristate,
contriturate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere
- accord, assign, award, bestow, confer, deliver, do, donate, give, give away, grant, hand, hand in, hand over, minister, pass, present, provide, turn in
- to give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole
- add, assist, bestow, bring, chip in, do one's bit, donate, endow, fund, gift, grant, impart, invest, join, kick in, lend, participate, pitch in, pledge, provide, put up, set forward, supply, support, sweeten the kitty
- donate
- add, present, give, endow, commit
- furnish
- provide, dispense, supply, bequest, confer, augment
- advance
- encourage, advantage, uphold, assist, forward, promote, help, foster
Antonyms
- furnish
- strip, dismantle, withdraw, withhold
- advance
- recede, retrogress, retard, retreat
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. PIE word
2. *tréyes
3. From Latin contribūtus, perfect passive participle of contribuō (“to bring together; to unite”), from con- (“together”) + tribuō (“to bestow”), from tribus (“tribe”), derived from trēs (“three”), from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Verbs referencing "contribute"
Esperanto
kontribui, Ido kontributar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] them at all hazards: who doggedly deny the horrors of the system in the teeth of such a mass of evidence as never was brought to bear on any other subject, and to which the experience of every day contributes its immense amount; who would at this or any other moment, gladly involve America in a war, civil or foreign, provided that it had for its sole end and object the assertion of their right to [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)