meaningful contribution

collocation in English

meaningsofmeaningfulandcontribution

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meaningful
adjective
uk
/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fəl/us
/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fəl/
intended to show meaning, ...
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contribution
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌkɒn.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
something that you contribute or do to help produce or achieve something together with other people, or to help make ...
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(Definition ofmeaningfulandcontributionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmeaningful contribution

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The main objective of agricultural research is to make ameaningfulcontributionto agricultural development to improve human well-being and foster sustainable management of the resource base.
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However, advanced developing countries should provide ameaningfulcontributionthrough genuine new market access in non-agricultural market access and services, albeit less than developed counties.
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I cannot see how we can speak in those terms and make ameaningfulcontributionto what the commuter and traveller expects.
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We are making ameaningfulcontributionto all these endeavours.
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It has to have the resources to make ameaningfulcontribution.
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Will there be an opportunity for them to make ameaningfulcontributionto deliberations?
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I am trying to highlight the problems so that the death grant can be made a moremeaningfulcontribution.
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It needs to be more frequent than that if it is to make ameaningfulcontribution.
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To make ameaningfulcontributionin terms of energy, a huge agricultural area will be needed.
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The second disappointment is the failure of the rich nations to agree ameaningfulcontributiontowards tackling the problems of poverty and environmental deterioration in the third world.
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There is nomeaningfulcontributionthat can be made to remedy the huge deficiencies in industrial research by denying or redirecting the far more modest needs of the science base.
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We believe that this is a good andmeaningfulcontributionto the work being done by that agency, and we shall look at what else we can do.
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The amendments tabled and supported by some in no way enhance the effectiveness of the mechanism, neither do they present ameaningfulcontributionto safeguarding established national mechanisms and traditions.
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We must do something other than attempting to make water run uphill by providing grants which will not make anymeaningfulcontributionto the solution of our problem.
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He was of the firm conviction that he could make an impactful andmeaningfulcontributionto the community through social work.
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However, they are too overused and general to be anything more than undirected statements with ultimately littlemeaningfulcontributiontowards a solution.
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He became unable to make ameaningfulcontributionto the group on stage, playing his guitar incoherently and sometimes not playing at all.
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The ultimate aim will be to help nurture well-rounded young people, acceptable to their communities and able to make ameaningfulcontributionto their living environments.
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Fisking is meant to be ameaningfulcontributionto a debate, regardless of the veracity of either side's claims.
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It is also a sport to which we can make ameaningfulcontribution, both at the highest competitive level and through fencing schools throughout the country.
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