We attribute our success to your good advice.
•I attribute all these ill-mannered memos to Andrew.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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 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 — 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 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 — 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 — 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 — 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
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
