attribute to someone

attribute to someone
attribute (something) to (someone) to say that someone else was responsible for creating something.

Any quotation included in your writing has to be attributed to the person who originally wrote it.

Usage notes: usually said about a piece of writing or an idea

New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • attribute — at‧tri‧bute [ˈætrɪbjuːt] noun [countable] 1. MARKETING a characteristic, feature, or quality of a product: • In selling cars, product quality and product attributes are complex. 2. STATISTICS a quality that people in a group either have or do not …   Financial and business terms

  • attribute something to someone — attribute (something) to (someone) to say that someone else was responsible for creating something. Any quotation included in your writing has to be attributed to the person who originally wrote it. Usage notes: usually said about a piece of… …   New idioms dictionary

  • attribute something to — attribute (something) to (someone) to say that someone else was responsible for creating something. Any quotation included in your writing has to be attributed to the person who originally wrote it. Usage notes: usually said about a piece of… …   New idioms dictionary

  • attribute to — attribute (something) to (someone) to say that someone else was responsible for creating something. Any quotation included in your writing has to be attributed to the person who originally wrote it. Usage notes: usually said about a piece of… …   New idioms dictionary

  • attribute — at|trib|ute1 [ ə trı,bjut ] verb ** at tribute ,to phrasal verb transitive 1. ) attribute something to someone/something to believe that something is the result of a particular situation, event, or person s actions: Her teachers attributed her… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • attribute — attributes, attributing, attributed (The verb is pronounced [[t]ətrɪ̱bjuːt[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]æ̱trɪbjuːt[/t]].) 1) VERB If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation. [V …   English dictionary

  • attribute to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms attribute to : present tense I/you/we/they attribute to he/she/it attributes to present participle attributing to past tense attributed to past participle attributed to 1) attribute something to… …   English dictionary

  • attribute — at|tri|bute1 [əˈtrıbju:t US bjət] v attribute to / [attribute sth to sb/sth] phr v [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of attribuere, from ad to + tribuere; TRIBUTE] 1.) to believe or say that a situation or event is caused by… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • attribute — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. quality, trait, property; see characteristic , quality 1 . See Synonym Study at quality . v. Syn. ascribe, credit, impute, assign, refer to, trace to, connect, give credit, accredit, associate, attach, put down to, set down …   English dictionary for students

  • attribute — attributable, adj. attributer, attributor, n. v. /euh trib yooht/; n. /a treuh byooht /, v., attributed, attributing, n. v.t. 1. to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually fol. by to): She… …   Universalium

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