vital contribution

collocation in English

meaningsofvitalandcontribution

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vital
adjective
uk
/ˈvaɪ.təl/us
/ˈvaɪ.t̬əl/
necessary for the success or continued existence of something; ...
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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 ofvitalandcontributionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvital contribution

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For many households, the social security income of older members has become avitalcontributionto family welfare.
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This memoir therefore represents avitalcontributionto understanding of both a fascinating and important volcano.
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Women did not always frame the debates on population, but theirvitalcontributionto human reproduction placed them at center stage of hygiene and maternalist politics.
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These factors make avitalcontributionto economic growth, social cohesion.
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They make avitalcontributionboth to the economy - especially its informal or popular sector - and agriculture.
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European legislation can be useful if it makes avitalcontributionto solving our joint and cross-border problems.
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That is avitalcontributionto security because poverty and inequality are not just moral issues but also security issues.
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It makes avitalcontributionto local economies where, in many instances, there is precious little else in the way of work.
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We will help to ensure that the new convention makes avitalcontributionto eliminating the most abhorrent forms of child labour, including bonded labour.
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Like shipping, they make avitalcontributionto our prosperity.
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British business, voluntary agencies and our research community have avitalcontributionto make to the eradication of poverty.
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We are also very much aware of thevitalcontributionthat that industry has made in the past.
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It is for the local authorities knowing the local need, to decide how they can make thisvitalcontributiontowards the essential houses.
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Police work in schools makes avitalcontributionto building good police-community relations.
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Of all the major industries of this country shipping has suffered most, in making itsvitalcontributionto victory, both in ships aril in men.
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These two plants make avitalcontributionto employment locally and to the nation's export drive and its prosperity generally.
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The maintenance of an efficient and healthy steel industry, in itself, would make a mostvitalcontributionto the maintenance of full employment.
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To sum up, docks make avitalcontribution, or can make avitalcontributionto the nation's balance of payments.
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Education cannot perform all the miracles, it cannot achieve maturity for all our children on its own, but it has avitalcontributionto make.
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