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# contribution

«contribution» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **something you give, especially money, to help pay for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a contribution, contributions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A contribution is something you give, especially money, to help pay for something or to help a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contribution/#m1)

2) A contribution is the part someone plays in making something happen or succeed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contribution/#m2)

3) A contribution is a piece of writing or an idea given to a magazine, book, discussion or project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contribution/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life children make contributions to a class gift, a charity or a shared meal; in group work each pupil's contribution is their share of the job. In maths problems contributions are usually added up to find a total, or a total is shared into equal contributions. Phrases: make a contribution, a contribution to/towards, a big contribution.

### examples

- I therefore hope that the candid reader will consider the great difficulties I had to overcome in this still unbeaten way of the ancient Jewish spiritual region, and will receive with indulgence this new contribution to archaeological knowledge. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contribution/#x1)
- Everyone made a contribution of two pounds towards the teacher's present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contribution/#x2)
- Thank you for your contribution to the bake sale! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contribution/#x3)
- Her contribution to the project was the poster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contribution/#x4)
- The scientist made a huge contribution to medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contribution/#x5)
- My contribution to the picnic was a bowl of strawberries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contribution/#x6)
- If 25 children each give a contribution of 4 dollars, the class collects 100 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contribution/#x7)
- The magazine printed two contributions from our class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contribution/#x8)
- This barrel of nails is my whole fortune, which I wish to give as my contribution towards the bride’s house furnishing.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contribution/#x9)

### note

Countable: a contribution, contributions. Verb: contribute (con-TRIB-ute). Use «to» or «towards»: a contribution to the fund. In maths: equal contributions mean multiply (25 × 4 = 100); to find each person's contribution, divide the total by the number of people.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «contribution» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/contribution/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.