contributed
- 1Simple past and past participle of contribute.
Local businesses contributed generously to the disaster relief fund.
Her early research has contributed to a clearer picture of how the disease spreads.
Note
One regular -ed form does double duty. On its own it is the simple past (they contributed), and after have or be it is the participle (they have contributed; funds were contributed). Because contribute can take an object or stand without one, both patterns carry over: you can say someone contributed money, or simply that they contributed to the fund. In the second pattern, to introduces the larger whole, not the gift itself.
contributed is a form of contribute
contribute, verb: To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole, such as money, effort, or ideas. Full entry
- Forms
- contributecontributes he/she/itcontributing -ing formcontributed past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- contribute → contributed: add -d
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