contribute
verb (used with object)
to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
will have contributed
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future perfectof contribute.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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He will initially make smaller mortgage contributions, but by the time he retires they will have contributed equally to the property overall.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
And the Fed will have contributed to a new golden age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 16, 2025
Looking closely at that 30-year period, both people will have contributed the same amount of money: $6,500 a year, or a total of $195,000.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
While equity and bond selloffs had a bigger impact, the dollar’s more than 5% rise in this period will have contributed as well.
From Reuters ● May 6, 2022
Everyone who buys the furniture will have contributed to the destruction of the forest, and the destruction of the forest contributes to the process of global warming.
From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall
