contribute vs impart what difference
what is difference between contribute and impart
English
Etymology
From Latin contribūtus, perfect passive participle of contribuō (“I bring together; I unite”), from con- (“together”) + tribuō (“I bestow”), from tribus (“tribe”), dative of trēs (“three”), from Proto-Italic *trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.juːt/, /ˈkɒnt(ʃ)ɹɪˌbjuːt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪb.jut/
- (when conjugated as contributing or contributed) IPA(key): /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹɪ.b(j)ət/
- Hyphenation: con‧trib‧ute
Verb
contribute (third-person singular simple present contributes, present participle contributing, simple past and past participle contributed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:contribute
Related terms
- contributable
- contribution
- contributive
- contributor
- contributory
Translations
Latin
Participle
contribūte
- vocative masculine singular of contribūtus
English
Etymology
From Middle English imparten, borrowed from Middle French impartir, empartir, from Late Latin impartiō, impertiō, from im- (“in”) + Latin partiō (“divide”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɑːt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɑːɹt/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(r)t
Verb
impart (third-person singular simple present imparts, present participle imparting, simple past and past participle imparted)
- (transitive) To give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).
- (transitive) To give a part or to share.
- Synonyms: bequeath, bestow, give; see also Thesaurus:give
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VIII, line 440
- Expressing well the spirit within thee [Adam] free, / My [God’s] image, not imparted to the brute.
- (transitive) To make known; to show (by speech, writing etc.).
- Synonyms: disclose, tell; see also Thesaurus:announce, Thesaurus:inform
- 1662, John Dryden, letter to Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
- Well may he then to you his cares impart.
- (intransitive) To hold a conference or consultation.
- (transitive) To obtain a share of; to partake of.
- c. 1587 Anthony Munday, John a Kent and John a Cumber
- Sweet Cossen, what we may not now impart, heere let vs bury it, closely in our hart
- c. 1587 Anthony Munday, John a Kent and John a Cumber
Translations
References
- impart at OneLook Dictionary Search
- impart in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Primat, arm pit, armpit
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