contribute
To give something, such as money, time or ideas, to help.
contribute in a sentence
- Everyone was asked to contribute a cake to the school fair.
- Kofi wanted to contribute his own ideas to the class project.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to contribute?
- Agive
- Bwithhold
- Ctake
- Dkeep
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A: give. The other three mean the opposite of contribute.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to contribute?
- Adonate
- Bwithhold
- Cgive
- Dprovide
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B: withhold. The other three mean nearly the same as contribute.
Words that mean something similar
give, donate, provide
Words that mean the opposite
withhold, take, keep
More words about behaviour & manners
- conventional: Usual and traditional, done the way things are normally done.
- cordial: Warm, friendly and polite.
- courteous: Polite and showing good manners.
- covert: Done secretly, so that other people do not notice.
- curb: To control or hold back something so that it does not get out of hand.
- custom: A way of doing something that people have followed for a long time.
- deceit: The act of tricking someone by lying or hiding the truth.
- deceive: To trick someone into believing something that is not true.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test