🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

기여

Pronunciation / Transliteration: giyeo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Contribution/kənˈtrɪb.jʊ.ʃən/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그의 기여는 프로젝트 성공에 결정적이었습니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A gift or payment to a common fund or collection.

    "Every employee made a generous financial contribution to the charity."
  2. 2

    An action or factor that helps to cause or produce something.

    "Her scientific research made a vital contribution to our understanding of the disease."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'contribution' originates from the Latin 'contributio', which means 'a bringing together'. It evolved through Middle French before entering English in the late 14th century, maintaining the sense of giving or adding to a common cause.

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