- attribute something to
- regard something as belonging to or being caused by.
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
attribute something to
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attribute something to — attribute (something) to (something) to say that one thing is the result of something else. The company attributed its decline to some bad investments … 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 something to something — attribute (something) to (something) to say that one thing is the result of something else. The company attributed its decline to some bad investments … New idioms dictionary
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 to something — attribute (something) to (something) to say that one thing is the result of something else. The company attributed its decline to some bad investments … New idioms dictionary
attribute to — attribute (something) to (something) to say that one thing is the result of something else. The company attributed its decline to some bad investments … New idioms dictionary
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… … 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 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|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
