Synonyms for ascribe
Definitions
- v. 1
To regard as arising from a specified cause or source.
One may ascribe these problems to the federal government; however, at this stage it is unclear what caused them.
Related words
- Word family
- ascribable ascription ascriptive
- Is a kind of
- associate connect link relate
Forms
- Past participle
- ascribed
e.g. ascribed → imputed, attributed, assigned, referred…
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Where we are quite sure, we simply refer a matter to the cause or class to which it belongs or ascribe to one what is surely his, etc.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- refer Refer to the instructions to fix the refrigerator.
- attribute Why can't shape be an intimate attribute of matter?
- assign Tom is authorised to assign us work assignments.
By length
- 3 letters
- lay1
- 5 letters
- place1, refer2
- 6 letters
- charge1, attach2, assign2, allege2, impute2, charre
- 8 letters
- accredit3
- 9 letters
- attribute3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (refer2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- attribuer
- Italiano
- attribuire
- Español
- atribuir