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Definition of Contributing
1. Adjective. Tending to bring about; being partly responsible for. "A contributory factor"
Similar to: Causative
Derivative terms: Conduce, Contribute, Contribute
Definition of Contributing
1. Verb. (present participle of contribute) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contributing
1. contribute [v] - See also: contribute
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contributing
Literary usage of Contributing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"Plaintiff in error contends that in no sense was the failure to stop within 50
feet of the Central Railroad crossing a contributing cause of the injury, ..."
2. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"... awarded to the person who shall have made the most interesting observation,
or to the memoir or the work most contributing to the progress of astronomy. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall (1900)
"contributing Causes. (a) In General. — It is not necessary that the act or omission
of the accused shall have been the sole cause of the death. ..."
4. The Law of General Average, English and Foreign: (English and Foreign) by Richard Lowndes (1888)
"contributing INTERESTS AND VALUES. 68. General principle 69. ... Other contributing
interests 32 t To complete that portion of the subject which refers to ..."
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