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attribution

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for attribution.

Editorial note

The removal of the attribution is insult added to injury, but far less immediately important.

Examples15
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The act of attributing something.

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

The act of attributing something.

noun

An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.

noun

(law) A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for attribution.

noun

The act of attributing something.

noun

An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.

noun

(law) A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act.

Example sentences

1

The removal of the attribution is insult added to injury, but far less immediately important.

2

PHP is not (it's licensed under a BSD-style license [1], which permits redistribution under another license with attribution).

3

A few gun studies from the west coast in the 90's pulled this kind of quote without justification or attribution.

4

Problem with retaliation is attribution; it can be hard to know just who should punish.

5

The concept of a 'board decision' itself implies the attribution of intention, which is one aspect of consciousness, to a corporation.

6

Slower progress in biomedical research isn't a result of biomedical researchers exhibiting any of the qualities whose unwarranted attribution normally constitutes slur.

7

Some other site posts your image, and includes a link back to the original page on your site as a sort of citation or attribution.

8

Authorship attribution methods typically rely on function words (the most frequent words), which cannot be readily substituted, as that would require rewriting the whole sentence.

9

I don't think preventing modified sources from masquerading as the original Arc, or maintaining author attribution will impede adoption overly much.

10

You could train authorship attribution on many kinds of features.

11

Does anyone see an author attribution to this article?

12

Isn't this the opposite of the Fundamental attribution error?

Quote examples

1

Has anyone here found good ways of battling sites that "repost" content without attribution?

2

"Journalists" regularly publish reformatted company press releases, and quote "insiders" without attribution.

3

"The entire article is FUD – the license is rather clear in indicating that as a condition of using AWS you promise not to bring IP lawsuits against Amazon, the duration bit is only too long if you don't read that clause all the way to the end, etc." It really isn't FUD, actually, despite the attribution.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use attribution in a sentence?

The removal of the attribution is insult added to injury, but far less immediately important.

What does attribution mean?

The act of attributing something.

What part of speech is attribution?

attribution is commonly used as noun.