{
    "term": "contributor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who writes articles for a magazine, book or website, or who talks on a radio or television programme or at a meeting",
            "sensetop": "contributor (to something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a regular contributor to this magazine"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I am a contributor to several blogs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was a long-time contributor to Time Magazine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The core of regular contributors is essential to the magazine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She continues to be a regular contributor to the journal."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["important", "key", "significant"],
                "preposition": ["contributor to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person or thing that provides money or goods to help pay for or support something",
            "sensetop": "contributor (to something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Older people are important contributors to the economy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the largest net contributor to EU funds"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Politicians are often suspected of trying to appease campaign contributors from the oil industry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "net contributors to the economy"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["important", "key", "significant"],
                "preposition": ["contributor to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "something that helps to cause something",
            "sensetop": "contributor (to something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Sulphur dioxide is a pollutant and a major contributor to acid rain."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["important", "key", "significant"],
                "preposition": ["contributor to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈtrɪbjətə(r)/",
                "audio": "xc/contributor/xcontributor__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈtrɪbjətər/",
                "audio": "xc/contributor/xcontributor__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French contributour, from Latin contribut- ‘added’, from the verb contribuere, from con- ‘with’ + tribuere ‘bestow’."
}