Definition of "contributing" []

• Present participle of contribute. (verb)

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• "Miller said tread came loose from one of the truck's tires, which he called a contributing factor in the chain-reaction collision between the dump truck, a Winnebago motor home and a flatbed truck."
• "People interested in contributing should email a 250-word proposal, short bibliography, brief author's bio, and contact information to Melissa Click by 10 Apr 2009."
• ""We're going to have to be a team that four or five players have to be in double figures, or at least three players in double figures with a lot of other people contributing from a lot of different areas," said Coach Debbie Ryan, who is entering her 34th year at Virginia."