contribute to something

Examples of contributed

contributed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

But the issues identified by the editors, while interesting and important, are not always ones that play large roles in the contributed papers.
This has produced conceptual confusion that has contributed to a lack of structural rigor in the field of study.
Therefore, there is solid ground for suggesting that metalinguistic knowledge contributed substantially to the pattern of accuracy observed on the two error-correction tasks.
The various and complex cultural, ideological and practical strands discussed above all contributed to the production of idealised societal categories.
The widespread consultation contributed 811 of the 1,113 suggestions (73%).
In the current study, several methodological factors may have contributed to the close association between articulation and nonword repetition tasks.
The decline of fertility during the war contributed to the further expansion of the percentage of employed persons.
It does appear that the chapters contributed were of widely differing quality, something not effectively remedied by the editors.
For the older generation, perceived or self-rated health was the variable that contributed most significantly to higher life satisfaction, followed by perceived standard of living.
These differences contributed to the formation of a great ideological divide that admitted no compromise, and that soon generated a spiral of political violence.
The readers for the journal contributed to the output.
Beyond this, such institutional features contributed to disputes among church members, thereby hampering the overall efficacy of the organisations.
From 1993 to 2004, both growth and falling inequality contributed to declining poverty although, this time, the growth component dominated.
A number of events have contributed to the growth of transplantation medicine and elevated public expectations.
In this case, the anticipation of participation in the research may have also contributed to current stress levels and elevated cortisol.
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