Definition, synonyms and related words
simple past tense and past participle of contribute
"She contributed her favorite recipe to the community cookbook last year."
In plain English: To contribute means to give something, like money or effort, to help achieve a goal or support a group.
"Many volunteers contributed food and supplies to the local shelter after the storm."
Usage: Use contributed to describe an action completed in the past where someone gave something or helped cause a result. It often appears with the preposition "to," as in contributing money to a fund or contributing to a discussion.
Derived from Latin contributus, the past participle of tribuere meaning "to give," it originally meant something that was shared or supplied by multiple sources. The term entered English via Old French in the late 14th century to describe an act of giving together for a common purpose.