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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
donate
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
donate sth to charity (=give something to charity)
▪ She sold all her jewellery and donated the money to charity.
give/donate blood (=provide blood from your body for the medical treatment of other people)
▪ The Health Service is asking for more people to donate blood.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
generously
▪ She generously donated a seat in the memory of our late and much loved Chancellor, Sir Monty Finniston.
▪ Empress Adelaide founded monasteries, convents, and donated generously to the needy.
■ NOUN
blood
▪ Since 1998, white blood cells have been removed from donated blood.
▪ Another theory for her longevity: that the person who donated the tainted blood may have been relatively healthy, Wara said.
▪ Each person who volunteers to donate blood goes through several screening steps before getting stuck with a needle.
▪ Oh yeah, and he donates blood to the Red Cross.
▪ Each is paid $ 40 to give an hourlong interview and donate two vials of blood.
▪ Persons who have engaged in homosexual activities or have shot street drugs within the last 10 years should never donate blood.
▪ Blood transfusions would transmit syphilis, except that blood-screening programs test all donated blood for evidence of the disease.
charity
▪ But to win your case you have to promise to donate your winnings to charity. 9.
▪ At least 20 percent of the money raised at Charity Racing Days must be donated to charities associated with horse racing.
▪ Imagine a millionaire who has decided to donate to a charity.
▪ He can refund the money or donate it to charity.
▪ He donated the fee to charity.
▪ You can donate them to charity.
▪ Employees who donate up to £480 to charity through their pay at work will receive tax relief.
▪ I will now donate the money to charity.
collection
▪ She asked them to donate a collection of drawings, watercolours and sketches as well as etchings, lino prints and engravings on metal.
▪ Some may donate their carefully assembled collections to the museums.
▪ It was founded in 1884 when General Pitt Rivers, an amateur anthropologist, donated his collection to the university.
▪ A tailor by trade, Doucet donated his outstanding collection to the University of Paris early this century.
company
▪ Of course barely three years later the company rescinded and donated the land to the town.
▪ All told, companies donated nearly half of the $ 24 million budget for the convention.
food
▪ Ryder said 10 percent of that fee will be donated to Food Link, a charity that supplies soup kitchens.
▪ Donations are rounded up each night for food, and local church groups often donate food.
kidney
▪ Erma Bombeck touched so many lives that scores of readers offered to donate kidneys to replace her failing organs.
million
▪ A few months later, Rosenwald donated another $ 1 million, followed by another $ 1 million in 1917.
▪ Texaco donated one million dollars, and put their staff members to work on tree planting as well.
money
▪ The money has been donated to Mason's sponger Ann Dyche who has been diagnosed as having cancer.
▪ Some of the money was donated by corporations, which have been barred for a century from campaign finance.
▪ Even so the sum of money Minton had donated was so large that drinkers had to be brought in from the street.
▪ He can refund the money or donate it to charity.
▪ Matthew raised over £1,1OO in sponsorship money, which he donated to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
▪ Soft money refers to funds donated by individuals and corporations directly to parties.
museum
▪ After that-barring any snags that may crop up in the meantime-it will be donated to the museum.
▪ The collection was donated to the museum in 1973.
organ
▪ Will doctors give up trying to save me if they know I want to donate my organs?
▪ In reality, there is a great shortage of donated organs, but organ donation is a careful, well-documented medical procedure.
▪ Despite heightened public awareness in the last decade, the need for donated organs still far exceeds the supply.
▪ Many are eager to donate organs to help save other lives.
prize
▪ Central Council is very grateful to all those who donated prizes or sold tickets to help reach this excellent result.
▪ Everyone around had donated whatever prize he could.
service
▪ Maybe the community could donate services.
▪ One of her drivers donated his services, Means said.
■ VERB
ask
▪ She asked them to donate a collection of drawings, watercolours and sketches as well as etchings, lino prints and engravings on metal.
▪ Committee members were asked to donate baking. 4.
▪ The donor will then be asked to donate bone marrow.
▪ Members are asked to consider donating any suitable material they have to the Society.
offer
▪ Erma Bombeck touched so many lives that scores of readers offered to donate kidneys to replace her failing organs.
sell
▪ A conservation easement can be sold or donated, with a tax break based on its value.
▪ Lawrence sold everything and donated the money to the poor.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The books were donated by a local publishing company.
▪ The concert organizers say they will donate all profits to charity.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ All council members donate their time, and the district being evaluated pays for travel, lodging, and food.
▪ Any spare cash he preferred to donate to more worthy causes.
▪ He suggested they donate a percentage of their revenue to the cause.
▪ Motorists wishing to donate their points to the team are asked to contact Team Manager Ian Janes.
▪ Proceeds are donated to the United Way.
▪ The final flight to Jersey was donated by Jersey Air.
▪ The money has been donated to Mason's sponger Ann Dyche who has been diagnosed as having cancer.
▪ The Republican Party has donated $ 350, 000 in cash and support for the initiative.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Donate

Donate \Do"nate\ (d[=o]"n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Donated; p. pr. & vb. n. Donating.] [L. donatus, p. p. of donare to donate, fr. donum gift, fr. dare to give. See 2d Date.] To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
donate

1819, back-formation from donation. Related: Donated; donating.

Wiktionary
donate

vb. To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.

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WordNet
donate

v. give to a charity or good cause; "I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake"; "donate money to the orphanage"; "She donates to her favorite charity every month"

Usage examples of "donate".

While we cannot solicit donations from people in states where we are not yet registered, we know of no prohibition against accepting donations from donors in these states who approach us with an offer to donate.

He further donated to the monks of Nogent for their sole use the rights to the fish in the river Ailette over a given distance from the Rue de Brasse to the Pont St.

Ray had contacted Chief George Ayers and told him that an anonymous benefactor had donated a drug dog earmarked for Clarkston.

Even I was impatient to return to the task, and Sherry was so insistent that I had to donate my halfsmoked cheroot to Chubby and we went down again.

He collects groshes and copecks, and donates hundreds of thousands of roubles.

Some rich old coot out on the West Coast, a crackpot on ecology, has just donated fifty thousand pseudo-dollars.

In the end, I got 5000 from the Police Authority, 7000 from a businessman donated through a cut-out, and about 2000 from other sources.

To determine how much he could deduct from his corporate taxes by donating the thing to the IAA, said his enemies.

He knew Chelsea donated eggs, but was surprised to learn she was at the clinic two weeks ago.

Chelsea Wright, a college student who, in a bizarre coincidence, anonymously donated eggs at the Westwood fertility clinic under investigation.

I do forever hereafter relinquish any claim to or jurisdiction over my donated ovum and any embryos or offspring that might result from my donated ovum.

Chelsea donated eggs at the clinic in October, and her parents have hired an attorney to find out who received them.

A D, followed by a number on top of the lab and embryo transfer forms, corresponded with the consent Nora had signed to receive donated ova.

Again there was a D, followed by a number and a signed form consenting to the acceptance of donated eggs.

You probably know that a young woman who donated eggs to the clinic, Chelsea Wright, was murdered.