"Contribute" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
To contribute means to give or provide something, especially an idea, skill, or effort, to help achieve a goal or accomplish a task. It can also refer to paying a share of the cost of something or to the act of helping to bring something into being.
Contredanse is a type of 18th-century dance, characterized by a complex rhythm and a counterpoint between two groups of dancers. The term "contredanse" comes from the French words "contre," meaning "against," and "danse," meaning "dance." In a contredanse, the dancers are divided into two lines or groups, and the leader of each group performs a series of steps, responding to the steps of the leader of the other group.