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| 1. | [ verb ] attribute or credit to | |
| Synonyms: | assign impute ascribe | |
| Examples: | "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare" "People impute great cleverness to cats" |
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| Related terms: | judge blame credit accredit internalize project anthropomorphize reattribute personify impute sensualize attribution | |
| 2. | [ verb ] attribute to a source or cause | |
| Synonyms: | regard_as think_of look_upon assign ascribe impute take_to_be repute look_on esteem | |
| Examples: | "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare" |
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| Related terms: | think judge blame credit accredit internalize project reattribute sensualize personify anthropomorphize repute reputation | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished | |
| Synonyms: | dimension property | |
| Examples: | "self-confidence is not an endearing property" |
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| Related terms: | concept feature quality | |
| 4. | [ noun ] an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity | |
| Related terms: | abstraction thing quality property personality shape trait ethos inheritance cheerfulness uncheerfulness ballast human_nature eidos common_denominator | |
| 5. | [ verb ] decide as to where something belongs in a scheme | |
| Synonyms: | assign | |
| Examples: | "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class" |
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| Related terms: | judge classify attribution | |
| Similar spelling: |
attributive attributable attribution |
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