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attributeat‧tri‧bute1 /əˈtrɪbjuːt $ -bjət/ ●○○ AWL verb   attribute1Origin: 1300-1400 Latin past participle of attribuere, from ad- ‘to’ + tribuere; ➔ TRIBUTE VERB TABLEattribute |
| Present | I, you, we, they | attribute | | he, she, it | attributes | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | attributed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have attributed | | he, she, it | has attributed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had attributed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will attribute | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have attributed |
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| Present | I | am attributing | | he, she, it | is attributing | | you, we, they | are attributing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was attributing | | you, we, they | were attributing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been attributing | | he, she, it | has been attributing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been attributing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be attributing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been attributing |
- I attribute that partly to discipline, partly to desire, and partly to the old transferability of skills.
- One very significant change from Morgan we can attribute to Marx.
- She achieves this by attributing to Freud a relatively low level of transhistorical applicability.
- Some economists attribute much of the rising wage inequality in this country to the shift in favor of the most skilled workers.
- The charitable thing to do would be to attribute this to great defense.
- We describe their behaviour by attributing our explanations to those individuals.
- We do not attribute reality to all the objects of our apparent perception.
to believe that something is caused by a particular thing► put something down to to explain a situation, event, or behaviour by saying that it is the result of something else: · Charlie's been drinking a lot lately, which I put down to stress at work.· Authorities put the acts of vandalism down to "festive high spirits" after the team's victory.· Her restlessness was put down to excitement, and nobody realised she was seriously ill. ► attribute something to formal to explain a situation or fact by saying that it is the result of something else: · Over 1,000 deaths a year can be attributed to drunk driving.· The low crop yields are attributed to changes in climate.· The management attributed the success of the company to the new Marketing Director. to think that something happens because of something else► put something down to to say or believe that one thing happens because of something else, when you are not completely sure that this is true: · When Charlie became ill, I was inclined to put it down to the pressures of his job.· No one was injured, and US officials put the incident down to "high spirits". ► attribute something to formal to say that someone or something is responsible for a situation or event - use this in official contexts: · The management attributed the success of the company to the new Marketing Director.· 1150 deaths a year can be attributed to drunk driving. NOUN► success· I attribute Guruji's healing success to two main factors.· Q: To what do you attribute this success?· Many successful companies in the most advanced industrial countries would attribute much of their success to revised approaches to quality assurance. attribute something to somebody/something phrasal verb1to believe or say that a situation or event is caused by something:  The fall in the number of deaths from heart disease is generally attributed to improvements in diet.2if people in general attribute a particular statement, painting, piece of music etc to someone, they believe that person said it, painted it etc: a saying usually attributed to Confucius3to believe or say that someone or something has a particular quality: One should not attribute human motives to animals.—attribution /ˌætrəˈbjuːʃən/ noun [uncountable] |