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attributed


From the verb attribute: (⇒ conjugate)
attributed is: Click the infinitive to see all available inflections
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
at•trib•ute /v. əˈtrɪbyut; n. ˈætrəˌbyut/USA pronunciation   v., -ut•ed, -ut•ing, n. 
v. [+ object + to + object]
  1. to consider that something is the result of something else:She attributes his bad temper to ill health.
  2. to believe that a person or thing has a certain quality or characteristic: It is a mistake to attribute too little intelligence to one's colleagues.
  3. to reckon as created by an indicated source: attributed the play to Shakespeare;
    attributed the remarks to me.

n. [countable]
  1. a quality or property believed to belong to a person or thing: Sensitivity is one of his attributes.
at•tri•bu•tion, n. [uncountable]Those remarks are not for attribution, so you may not identify the speaker.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
at•trib•ute  (v. ə tribyo̅o̅t;n. atrə byo̅o̅t′),USA pronunciation v., -ut•ed, -ut•ing, n. 
v.t. 
  1. to regard as resulting from a specified cause;
    consider as caused by something indicated (usually fol. by to):She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
  2. to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing, group, etc., indicated:He attributed intelligence to his colleagues.
  3. to consider as made by the one indicated, esp. with strong evidence but in the absence of conclusive proof:to attribute a painting to an artist.
  4. to regard as produced by or originating in the time, period, place, etc., indicated;
    credit;
    assign:to attribute a work to a particular period; to attribute a discovery to a particular country.

n. 
  1. something attributed as belonging to a person, thing, group, etc.;
    a quality, character, characteristic, or property:Sensitivity is one of his attributes.
  2. something used as a symbol of a particular person, office, or status:A scepter is one of the attributes of a king.
  3. Grammara word or phrase that is syntactically subordinate to another and serves to limit, identify, particularize, describe, or supplement the meaning of the form with which it is in construction. In the red house, red is an attribute of house.
  4. Fine Artan object associated with or symbolic of a character, office, or quality, as the keys of St. Peter or the lion skin of Hercules.
  5. Philosophy(in the philosophy of Spinoza) any of the essential qualifications of God, thought and extension being the only ones known. Cf. mode1 (def. 4b).
  6. Philosophy[Logic.](in a proposition) that which is affirmed or denied concerning the subject.
  7. [Obs.]distinguished character;
    reputation.
  • Latin attribūtus allotted, assigned, imputed to (past participle of attribuere), equivalent. to at- at- + tribū- (stem of tribuere to assign (to tribes), classify, ascribe; see tribe) + -tus past participle suffix
  • Middle English 1350–1400
at•tribut•a•ble, adj. 
at•tribut•er, at•tribu•tor, n. 
    1. Attribute, ascribe, impute imply definite origin. Attribute and ascribe are often used interchangeably, to imply that something originates with a definite person or from a definite cause. Ascribe, however, has neutral implications; whereas, possibly because of an association with tribute, attribute is coming to have a complimentary connotation:to ascribe an accident to carelessness; to attribute one's success to a friend's encouragement.Impute has gained uncomplimentary connotations, and usually means to accuse or blame someone or something as a cause or origin:to impute an error to him. 5. See quality. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
attribute vb /əˈtrɪbjuːt/
  1. (transitive) usually followed by to: to regard as belonging (to), produced (by), or resulting (from); ascribe (to): to attribute a painting to Picasso
n /ˈætrɪˌbjuːt/
  1. a property, quality, or feature belonging to or representative of a person or thing
  2. an object accepted as belonging to a particular office or position
    • an adjective or adjectival phrase
    • an attributive adjective
  3. the property, quality, or feature that is affirmed or denied concerning the subject of a proposition
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin attribuere to associate with, from tribuere to giveatˈtributable adj attribution /ˌætrɪˈbjuːʃən/ n
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