contributing
- 1Present participle and gerund of contribute.
Volunteers contributing their time kept the shelter open all winter.
She enjoys contributing to the community garden every spring.
Note
One spelling does two jobs here, and the trick is telling them apart. As a participle it carries the verb's action, after be (they were contributing) or trailing a noun (donors contributing funds). As a gerund it behaves like a noun (contributing is rewarding). Because contribute works with or without an object, either job allows both patterns: contributing money, or simply contributing to a cause.
contributing 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 → contributing: drop the e, add -ing
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