Betekenis van contribute In het Nederlands

• 0 to give something, especially money, in order to provide or achieve something together with other people:

  • Aren't you going to contribute towards Jack's leaving present?

  • Come to the meeting if you feel you have something to contribute.

  • Her family has contributed $50,000 to the fund.

  • She contributes to several magazines.

• 1 to help by providing money or support, esp. when other people or conditions are also helping:

  • [ I ] Tourism contributes substantially to the local economy.

  • [ T ] She soon began to contribute articles to newspapers and magazines.

• 2 to be one of the reasons why something happens:

  • contribute to/toward/towards sth Analysts agree that subprime loans contributed to the recession.

• 3 to add new plans or ideas, or help make improvements to something so that it becomes more valuable or successful:

  • Employees are encouraged to contribute at staff meetings.

  • There are a number of people who have contributed ideas.

  • contribute to/toward/towards sth It's best when leaders are clear about how they can best contribute to the overall strategy.

• 4 to provide money or support to help another person, company, or organization to achieve its goal:

  • contribute to/toward/towards sth At present, only 10% of employers contribute towards childcare costs.

  • contribute sth to/toward/towards sth Over £75 million was contributed to the campaign.