The phrase "contributed to defining" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to describe how someone or something played a role in shaping or clarifying a specific concept or idea. Example: The works of Shakespeare have greatly contributed to defining the English language and influencing literature for centuries.
Bell contributed to defining new borders in the region after the first world war.
Jean-François Groff is one of the web pioneers, having contributed to defining the HTTP protocol and the HTML language with Tim Berners-Lee at CERN.
Since sustainability became a challenge in software engineering, researchers mainly from requirements engineering and software architecture communities have contributed to defining the basis of the notion of sustainability-aware software.
The integration of the stratigraphic and facies data contributed to defining the stratigraphic architecture of the Bauru, Sanfranciscana and Parecis Basins, supporting a model for continental sequences that depicts qualitative changes in the sedimentation rate (S) and accommodation space (A) that occurred during the Cretaceous.
IS contributed to defining the research question and search strategy.
LC contributed to defining the genotypes of the association populations and to writing the manuscript.
His twin exposure to the diametrically opposed trends of Academic painting and the latest developments in Impressionism contributed to define his highly original manner.
But most importantly, these artworks and their descriptions in chronicles, histories, and inventories contributed to define humanity as immanently creative and to conceive artistic creation as a distinctive form of thought.
During his time at Wevr, Luis has conceived, developed and produced more than twenty narrative Virtual Reality pieces, participated in major film festivals like Sundance and contributed to define new languages for immersive storytelling.
In the field of the ITER port plug engineering and integration task, CEA has contributed to define proposals concerning the port plugs vacuum sealing interface with the vessel flange and the equatorial plug handling.
Drugs such as methylphenidate has not only contributed to define ADHD as a disorder, but also the experience of living with ADHD (when being treated with the medication).
