contributeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt/, /ˈkɒn.t(ʃ)ɹɪˌbjuːt/
• (General American) IPA: /kənˈtɹɪb.jut/
• (when conjugated as contributing or contributed) IPA: /kənˈtɹɪb.(j)ət/
  • (General American, General Australian) IPA: [kənˈtɹɪb.(j)əɾ]
• (Philippines) IPA: /ˈkon.tɹɪb.jut/
• ハイフネーション: con‧trib‧ute

動詞

contribute (third-person singular simple present contributes, present participle contributing, simple past and past participle contributed)

1. (ambitransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:contribute

   to contribute money to a church fund

   to contribute articles to a journal

   • 1849, William Scott, Francis Garden, James Bowling Mozley, The Christian Remembrancer, volume 17, page 217:

     That principle carried out consistently and logically, makes the individual not a claimant upon society, but a benefiter of it. He contributes whatever talent, natural or acquired, he may have, cheerfully to the promotion of the common good, […]

   • 2007 April 29, Pat Borzi, “Normalcy Returns: Rivera Gets First Save”, in The New York Times‎:

     Rivera retired the next three batters in order, with third baseman Alex Rodriguez contributing a nifty barehand pickup and throw on Julio Lugo’s roller.

   • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:

     Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.

   • 2013, Eric Benjamin Seufert, Freemium Economics: Leveraging Analytics and User Segmentation to Drive Revenue, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 94:

     Lifetime ARPU, or the average revenue contributed per user over the lifetime of a product, can provide some insight into the habits of a large group of users within the product.

派生語

関連する語

• contributable
• contribution
• contributive
• contributor
• contributory