Contribution Definition

kŏntrĭ-byo͝oshən
contributions
noun
contributions
The act of contributing.
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Something contributed, as money to a charity or a poem to a magazine.
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A special levy or tax.
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A levy for supporting an army in the field.
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An article or other work submitted for publication.
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Other Word Forms of Contribution

Noun

Singular:
contribution
Plural:
contributions

Origin of Contribution

  • From Old French contribution, from Latin contributionem, from contribuere.

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Contribution Sentence Examples

  • It isn't like they couldn't survive without her contribution to their family income.

  • I'll have to make another contribution.

  • YouTube's contribution to world peace is not simply to add empathy to current events, although that would be enough.

  • And the chief contribution of Aristotle to theism is a theory, found in his Physics as well as his Metaphysics, of God as first mover of the universe, himself unmoved.

  • But by laying bare in 1884 the upper stratum of remains on the rock of Tiryns (q.v.), Schliemann made a contribution to our knowledge of prehistoric domestic life which was amplified two years later by Chr.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With C and Ending With N

Starts With C & Ends With NStarts With CO & Ends With NStarts With C & Ends With ON

Word Length

12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With C12 Letter Words Ending With N