CONTRIBUTES Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

contributes

verb

present tense third-person singular of contribute

as in donates

to make a donation as part of a group effort would you like to contribute to the Thanksgiving fund for needy families?

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as in volunteers

to make a present of contributes money to a variety of worthy causes

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Recent Examples of contributes Open standards for agentic systems are still being drafted; the Agentic AI Foundation, hosted by the Linux Foundation and launched in late 2025, exists to coordinate those standards, and my company contributes to that work. — Antoni Kozelski, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026 Information for this article was contributes by Ed White of The Associated Press. — Kim Chandler, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026 According to the air district, nitrogen oxide contributes to smog and fine particulate matter. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026 This steady rise in preserve pheasant hunting also contributes to access fees or the leasing of private land that could otherwise be open for permission to residents. — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 4 Nov. 2026 Agriculture is the largest polluting sector, while stormwater runoff from development, like urban parking lots and rural roads, contributes the highest amount of phosphorus per acre. — Jonathan Mingle, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2026 Each report contributes to an overall tally of ghosting incidents. — Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026 Ruess coordinates the initiative and its communications activities and CHT contributes technical expertise and practical experience in denim finishing. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026 The process weakens collagen and elastin and contributes to fine lines, wrinkles, and dark spots. — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for contributes

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Each time someone takes a photo of their meal at a participating restaurant and shares it on social media, GiftAMeal donates to a local food bank.

— Yanyi Leng, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
Strengths and Limitations of the Study The estimates held up across many different assumptions about who donates, the authors wrote.

— Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of donates

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Nobody volunteers the service accounts, monitoring agents and automation inside their environment that read your data as part of normal operations.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Matt Hepp, an engineer and a climber who volunteers with Ouray Mountain Rescue, created a reference map that notes mile markers and some of the most notorious sections.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of volunteers

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Hemphill says doing the main pruning in spring prevents winter damage to tender young shoots and gives them a clean start for the new season.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 8 Nov. 2026
Cocktails here are pretty and punchy, and the open-air setting gives it a truly Mediterranean vibe.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of gives

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But with Ameen on violin, this dynamic is inverted, and the intermingling of their strings on the recording provides a unique tonal color.

— Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
The model provides a baseline for understanding what a planet’s atmosphere might look like without life.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of provides

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The company presents the convenience-store event as a practical demonstration of its technologies working together in an everyday environment.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2026
But Liba Vineyard, a luxury glamping site made up of three pod-style homes in Porton, just a 15-minute taxi ride from Salisbury station, presents no such problem.

— Chloe Laws, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026