donates
- 1Third-person singular simple present of donate.
The foundation donates a portion of its annual revenue to medical research.
Whenever the bakery has leftovers, the owner donates them to a local food bank.
Note
Like donate itself, this form works with or without a direct object. With one, the gift is named: she donates blood. Without one, the act of giving is the point: he donates every year. In both patterns the cause or recipient usually follows to, as in donates to the shelter. The -s ending appears only after he, she, it or a singular noun subject.
My grandmother donates generously every December.
He rarely donates to political campaigns.
donates is a form of donate
donate, verb: To give away money or something of value in order to support a cause or benefit another person. Full entry
- Spelling
- donate → donates: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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