tillför

Tillför is the present tense form of the Swedish verb tillföra. It is used transitively to mean to bring to, add, contribute or supply something to a person, a system, or a situation. The core sense is to cause something to be present or available where it was not before, or to introduce something into a process. Common collocations include tillföra pengar (to contribute funds), tillföra energi (to supply energy), tillföra information (to add information). In financial or policy contexts it can mean to provide or deliver resources.

Etymology: derived from till- (to) and föra (to bring, carry), with the sense of bringing something to a target.

Conjugation: tillföra is the infinitive; present tense forms include jag tillför, du tillför, han/hon tillför, vi tillför, ni tillför, de tillför. The past tense is tillförde; supine or perfect participle is tillfört, and the passive form is tillförs in the present.

Related terms: tillförsel (supply, input), which denotes the act or result of bringing resources or data into a system. The verb is commonly contrasted with lägga till and tillägga as synonyms in contexts emphasizing addition.

Usage considerations: tillföra emphasizes bringing something to bear in a context or process, while lägga till emphasizes adding elements to a set regardless of their impact. In Swedish, the form tillför is also the present tense for the third person singular.