contribution

Other forms of contribution

plural

contributions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about contribution

What does contribution mean?

contribution means "the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in contribution?

contribution has 4 syllables: con-tri-bu-tion. The stress falls on "bu". In IPA it is /ˌkɑntɹəˈbjuʃən/.

What is another word for contribution?

Close synonyms include part, share, donation, donation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is contribution a common word?

contribution is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with contribution?

4 words rhyme with contribution. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.