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1 contribute
contribute [kənˈtrɪbju:t][+ money] donner• he has contributed $5 il a donné 5 dollars* * *[kən'trɪbjuːt] 1.transitive verb1) ( pay) verser [sum, percentage] (to à); financer [costs, expenses]2) (to gift, charity) donner (to à; towards pour)3) ( put up) contribuerto contribute £5m — contribuer pour 5 millions de livres
4) (to project, undertaking, magazine) apporter [ideas] (to à); écrire [article, column] (to pour)2.1) ( be a factor in)to contribute to ou towards — contribuer à [change, awareness, decline]
2) (to community life, company expansion, research) participer (to à)3) ( pay into)to contribute to — cotiser à [pension fund]
4) ( to charity) donner (de l'argent) (to à); (to programme, magazine) collaborer (to à) -
2 contribute
contribute [kən'trɪbju:t](give → money) donner; (→ article, poem) écrire; (→ ideas) apporter (to à);∎ the government will contribute a further two million pounds le gouvernement ajoutera deux millions de livres à sa contribution;∎ Finance she contributes 10 percent of her salary to the pension scheme elle verse 10 pour cent de son salaire dans son plan de retraite;∎ they contributed their ideas and enthusiasm to the project ils ont apporté leurs idées et leur enthousiasme au projet(a) (donate money) contribuer;∎ we ask everyone to contribute generously nous demandons à chacun de contribuer généreusement;∎ to contribute to a charity donner à une association caritative∎ she still has a lot to contribute to her family elle a encore beaucoup à apporter à sa famille;∎ he rarely contributes to discussions il contribue rarement aux discussions∎ to contribute to sth contribuer à qch;∎ to contribute to the success of sth contribuer au succès de qch(d) (journalist, author)∎ to contribute to a newspaper/magazine écrire pour un journal/un magazine;∎ she contributes to various literary magazines elle écrit pour divers magazines littéraires
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