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ascribe::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | assign, attribute, impute |
| Type of | pass judgment, evaluate, judge |
| Has types | blame, carnalize, charge, credit, externalise, externalize, impute, interiorise, interiorize, internalise, internalize, sensualize, anthropomorphise, anthropomorphize, accredit, personate, personify, project, reattribute |
| Verb group | impute |
| Derivation | ascribable, ascription |
Examples of ascribe
ascribe
A segment of the public has the inclination to ascribe negative outcomes to oil.
From the forbes.com
Generously, you could ascribe this to the relative youth of the subprime market.
From the economist.com
Too many people ascribe today's mess solely to the excesses of American finance.
From the economist.com
Some of the challenge I ascribe to the right-hand driving position and shifting.
From the nytimes.com
It's a cop-out to ascribe the appeal of science fiction and fantasy to escapism.
From the npr.org
Some observers ascribe the trend to a rekindled passion for nesting and family.
From the sacbee.com
For all the significance we ascribe to images, the real power resides in words.
From the thenewstribune.com
I will not ascribe a bountiful potential that might or might not have played out.
From the newsweek.com
We do not ascribe rights to genomes or to the fertilised egg that carries them.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Impute: attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
- To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something; To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator
- (Ascribed) status a social position that someone receives at birth or assumes involuntarily later in life
- An Internet software application developed by Language Logic and used by Decision Analyst to improve coding of open-ended and "other specify" responses.
- Attribute to a specific cause or origin
- To assign to a cause or source.
- To consider to be the origin
