Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contributive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: con-tribu-tive
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to contribute; making a contribution.

Example Sentences

"I'm just looking for ways to be contributive," Kilmer told the Associated Press last week."

Etymology

Etymology tree English contribute Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English contributive From contribute + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more contributive (comparative) most contributive (superlative)

Derived Forms

contributively contributiveness contributivity noncontributive

Synonyms

conducive contributing contributory tributary

Questions

What does contributive mean?: Tending to contribute; making a contribution.
Where does contributive come from?: Etymology tree English contribute Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English contributive From contribute + -ive.

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