attributing

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Editorial note

The OP is just trying to warn us away from attributing specific climactic events to it.

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Quick take

(transitive) To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of attributing gathered in one view.

verb

(transitive) To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.

verb

(transitive) To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.; to affix.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for attributing.

verb

(transitive) To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.

verb

(transitive) To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.; to affix.

Example sentences

The OP is just trying to warn us away from attributing specific climactic events to it.

She is attributing her clients' issues and unhappiness to the external influence of being rich rather than personality flaws.

There's always someone who wants to make themselves feel better about their lack of success by attributing others' to luck.

I'll stipulate that China is behind lots of hacks, but that means attributing any particular one to them could be just a good guess.

An inability to quantify risk is attributing a skill set to an industry which is probably not responsible for quantifying risk.

I believe the intended meaning was environments which are not naturally occurring rather than attributing volition to nature.

You're attributing to me and my message things I haven't said, which is a sign of an unproductive conversation.

Yes, I'm attributing a big chunk of the law imperfection to the language it is written in.

I'm embarrassed to admit that I don't see what's ironic about attributing that quote to Alcott.

I have heard people attributing part of these changes to me and my company.

Finally, I totally agree with muddylemon that attributing to Da Vinci is silly.

Secondly, I think attributing the mild sexism in the game to intentional world-building is a bit of a stretch, considering that the main religious figure in the game is a warrior woman prophet.

Proper noun examples

Attributing things to ignorance over malice is only going to result in evil people getting away with it.

Attributing it to a young da Vinci just seems silly though.

Attributing significance to it is, in a sense, arbitrary in the same sense that any assignment of significance is, but its definitely not a fictional concept divorced from reality.