Ascribe

Synonyms for "ascribe" (43 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Verb(3 words)

attribute impute accredit

impute attribute accredit adduce advance affix

Strong matches (13)

allege apply arrogate assign attach attach to charge cite conjecture

Verb(4 words)

assign attach chalk up to charge

Related words (21)

connect with credit delegate fasten fix give guess insinuate lay pin on place put qualify refer relate saddle surmise

Verb(4 words)

draw lay put down to repose

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

7 entries

associate connect evaluate judge link pass judgment relate

More specific

4 entries

blame credit misascribe misattribute

Synonyms

2 entries

attribute impute

Related terms

2 entries

ascription ascriptive

derived

4 entries

ascribable misascribe self-ascribed unascribed

has context

1 entries

nonstandard

related to

6 entries

agree ascription ascriptive attribute believe subscribe

similar

1 entries

impute

Translations

64 translations across 26 languages.

Arabic

2 entries

عَزَا verb (to attribute a work to its creator)
نَسَبَ verb (to attribute a work to its creator)

Bulgarian

2 entries

приписвам verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
приписвам verb (to attribute a work to its creator)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

归于 verb (to attribute a work to its creator)
归功于 verb (to attribute a work to its creator)
归咎于 verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)

Cornish

1 entries

askrifa verb (to attribute a work to its creator)

Dutch

3 entries

toeschrijven aan verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
toeschrijven aan verb (to attribute a work to its creator)
wijten aan verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)

Esperanto

1 entries

alskribi verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)

Estonian

2 entries

omistama verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
omistama verb (to attribute a work to its creator)

Finnish

4 entries

katsoa aiheutuvan verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
katsoa johtuvan verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
olla jonkun tekemä verb (to attribute a work to its creator)
panna jonkun/jonkin syyksi verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)

French

4 entries

attribuer verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
attribuer verb (to attribute a work to its creator)
imputer verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
prêter verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)

Galician

2 entries

atribuír verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
atribuír verb (to attribute a work to its creator)

Georgian

4 entries

მიკუთვნება verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
მიკუთვნება verb (to attribute a work to its creator)
მიწერა verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
მიწერა verb (to attribute a work to its creator)

German

3 entries

zurückführen verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
zuschreiben verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
zuschreiben verb (to attribute a work to its creator)

Hebrew

2 entries

יִחֵס verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
ייחס verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)

Hungarian

4 entries

beszámít verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
betud verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
felró verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
tulajdonít verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)

Italian

2 entries

ascrivere verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
attribuire verb (to attribute a work to its creator)

Latin

1 entries

addīcō verb (to attribute a work to its creator)

Norwegian

2 entries

tilskrive verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
tilskrive verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)

Occitan

1 entries

atribuir verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)

Polish

2 entries

przypisać verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
przypisywać verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)

Portuguese

1 entries

atribuir verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)

Romanian

2 entries

atribui verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
atribui verb (to attribute a work to its creator)

Russian

4 entries

припи́сывать verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
припи́сывать verb (to attribute a work to its creator)
приписа́ть verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
приписа́ть verb (to attribute a work to its creator)

Spanish

4 entries

adscribir verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
adscribir verb (to attribute a work to its creator)
arrogar verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
arrogar verb (to attribute a work to its creator)

Swedish

2 entries

tillmäta verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
tillskriva verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)

Turkish

1 entries

atfedilmiş verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)

Ukrainian

4 entries

припи́сувати verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
припи́сувати verb (to attribute a work to its creator)
приписа́ти verb (to attribute a cause or characteristic to)
приписа́ти verb (to attribute a work to its creator)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Some scholars ascribe the settlement of America to social unrest in Western Europe.

Source: tatoeba (21462)

We ascribe his success to hard work.

Source: tatoeba (23247)

I think we all remain confident that we eventually will be able to identify this germ, but it is too preliminary to ascribe the disease to any particular agent in this point in time.

Source: tatoeba (10971140)

Most stereotypes ascribe negative characteristics to a group.

Source: tatoeba (11453501)

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