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A lcohol contributes to 100,000 deaths a year in the US.

contribute substantially/significantly/greatly etc to something

Enya's success has contributed substantially to the current interest in Celtic music.

3. [intransitive and transitive] to write articles, stories, poems etc for a newspaper or magazine

ￚsee also contributor

one of several authors contributing to the book

Contribution noun

1. [countable]something that you give or do in order to help something be successful

contribution to/towards

Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to Quantum Theory.

The school sees its job as preparing students to make a contribution to society. significant/substantial/valuable etc contribution

Wolko made outstanding contributions to children's medicine.

2. [countable] an amount of money that you give in order to help pay for something

a campaign contribution

A contribution of £25 will buy 15 books.

contribution to/towards

Contributions to charities are tax deductible.

You can make annual contributions of up to $1000 in education savings accounts.

3. [countable] a regular payment that you make to your employer or to the government to pay for things that you will receive when you are no longer working, for example health care, a pension etc

income tax and national insurance contributions

Have you been making regular contributions to a pension plan?

4. [countable] a piece of writing, a song, a speech etc that forms part of a larger work such as a newspaper, book, broadcast, recording etc

a magazine with contributions from well-known travel writers

a Christmas album featuring contributions from Carly Simon, Amy Grant, and others

5. [uncountable] when you give money, time, help etc

All the money has been raised by voluntary contribution.

Contributor noun ( countable)

1. someone who gives money, help, ideas etc to something that a lot of other people are also involved in

campaign contributors

Dr Win was a major contributor to the research.

2. someone who writes a story, song, speech etc that forms part of a larger work such as a newspaper, book, broadcast, recording etc

a regular contributor to Time magazine

3. formal someone or something that helps to cause something to happen

Cars are still one of the principal contributors to air pollution.

Shiver verb [intransitive]

to shake slightly because you are cold or frightened

ￚ synonym tremble

Jake stood shivering in the cold air.

shiver with cold/fear/delight etc She shivered with fear and anger.

see usage note shake

Shiver noun [countable]

1. a slight shaking movement of your body caused by cold or fear

ￚs ynonym tremble

A shiver ran through (=went through) me.

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