past and past participle
Provided money, time, effort, ideas, or other help to a person, group, project, or cause.
Many residents contributed money to the food bank.
More than $2,000 was contributed to the relief fund.
American English
How to pronounce contributed
verbB1Common word
knTRIHByoodihd
/kʰn̩ˈtʰɹɪb.ju.ɾɪd̚/
4 syllables · Stress the second syllable.
Form of contribute
Provided money, time, effort, ideas, or other help to a person, group, project, or cause.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
past and past participle
Helped cause a result or situation, usually together with other people or things.
Heavy rain contributed to the flooding.
Several small errors have contributed to the delay.
past and past participle
Wrote an article or other material for a newspaper, magazine, website, or similar publication.
She contributed an article to the local magazine.
Several guest writers have contributed to the website.
Related words & forms
The past form is contributed, and the -ing form is contributing. Do not write *contributted or *contributeing.