contribute
To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
Verb 1 meaning
To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
“to contribute money to a church fund”
Etymology
PIE word *tréyes 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.
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CONTRIBUTE at a glance
CONTRIBUTE has 10 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + N 1 + T 1 + R 1 + I 1 + B 3 + U 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,931 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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