Definition of: contribute

(kən·trib′yt) v. ·ut·ed, ·ut·ing v.t.
1. To give or furnish in common with others; give for a common purpose.
2. To submit, sell, or furnish, as an article or story, to a magazine or other publication.
—v.i.
3. To share in effecting a result: These causes contributed to the king's downfall.
4. To make or give a contribution. [<L contributus, pp. of contribuere <com- together + tribuere grant, allot]
—con·trib′ut·a·ble adjective
—con·trib′u·tive adjective
—con·trib′u·tive·ly adverb
—con·trib′u·tive·ness noun
—con·trib′u·tor noun