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attribute something to someone or something

to ascribe something to someone or something; to believe that someone or something is the source of something. We attribute our success to your good advice. I attribute all these ill-mannered memos to Andrew.

attribute something to somebody (slightly formal)

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

attribute something to something (slightly formal)

to say that one thing is the result of something else The company attributed its decline to some bad investments.

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In one very limited sense, as we shall hereafter see, this may be true; but it is preposterous to attribute to mere external conditions, the structure, for instance, of the woodpecker, with its feet, tail, beak, and tongue, so admirably adapted to catch insects under the bark of trees. The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context He said he had observed that she was out of spirits, and he was willing, if not informed to the contrary, to attribute to that cause the alteration in her manner towards him during his present visit. The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context "Sire," said Villefort, "the suddenness of this event must prove to your majesty that the issue is in the hands of Providence; what your majesty is pleased to attribute to me as profound perspicacity is simply owing to chance, and I have profited by that chance, like a good and devoted servant -- that's all. The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context			at the wheel at the zenith of at this juncture at this rate at this stage at this stage of the game at times at variance with at wit's end at work at worst ate atone for attach attach oneself to attach to attached attached to attack attend to attention attest to attire in attitude attract to attribute to attune to au courant au naturel auction auction off audition for augur well for authority autumn years avail avail of avail oneself of avenge oneself avenue of escape average average out average out to average up avert from avoid avoid like the plague awake awake from awake to award			attributable risk percent Attributable, Legible, Contemporaneous, Original, Accurate attribute attribute attribute attribute attribute attribute attribute Attribute Authority Attribute Authority Policy Markup Language Attribute Authority Revocation List Attribute based access control Attribute based access control Attribute bias Attribute certificate Attribute Configuration File Attribute Coverage Report Attribute Definition Table Attribute Driven Design Attribute Group Attribute Hiding Factor Attribute Not Always Present Attribute Oriented Operation Attribute Point attribute sampling attribute sampling Attribute SAS Authority Attribute Selection for Generating Referring Expressions Attribute Table attribute to Attribute Translation System Attribute Value Assertion attribute vicariously Attribute-Based Access Matrix Attribute-Based Architectural Style Attribute-Logic Engine Attribute-Relation File Format attribute-specific rate attribute-specific rate attribute-specific rate attribute-specific rate attribute-specific rate Attribute-Value Attribute-value pair attributed attributed attributed attributed attributed Attributed File System Attributed File System Attributed Relational Graph Attributed Tip Income Program attributed to attributer attributer attributer attributer attributes attributes

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