- contributor (to something) a person who writes articles for a magazine, book or website, or who talks on a radio or television programme or at a meeting
- a regular contributor to this magazine
- I am a contributor to several blogs.
Extra Examples- She was a long-time contributor to Time Magazine.
- The core of regular contributors is essential to the magazine.
- She continues to be a regular contributor to the journal.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- important
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- contributor (to something) a person or thing that provides money or goods to help pay for or support something
- Older people are important contributors to the economy.
- the largest net contributor to EU funds
Extra Examples- Politicians are often suspected of trying to appease campaign contributors from the oil industry.
- net contributors to the economy
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- important
- key
- significant
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- contributor to
- contributor (to something) something that helps to cause something
- Sulphur dioxide is a pollutant and a major contributor to acid rain.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- important
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French contributour, from Latin contribut- ‘added’, from the verb contribuere, from con- ‘with’ + tribuere ‘bestow’.
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