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- Dictionaryascribe/əˈskrʌɪb/
verb
- 1. regard something as being due to (a cause): "he ascribed Jane's short temper to her upset stomach"
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The meaning of ASCRIBE is to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing. How to use ascribe in a sentence.
ascribe something to someone/something. phrasal verb with ascribe verb uk / əˈskraɪb / us / əˈskraɪb /. formal. to believe that a particular quality or feature belongs to or is typical of someone or something: People like to ascribe human feelings to animals.
If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing.
1. To regard as arising from a specified cause or source: "Other people ascribe his exclusion from the canon to an unsubtle form of racism" (Daniel Pinchbeck). See Synonyms at attribute. 2. To regard as belonging to or produced by a specified agent, place, or time: ascribed the poem to Shakespeare.
Ascribe means to give credit to, like if you ascribe the A you got on your group project to the hard work of your partners! Ascribe's Latin root is ascribere, meaning basically "to write in.'' Makes sense, because ascribe is often used to link writers to their words.
Ascribe definition: to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute. See examples of ASCRIBE used in a sentence.
The meaning of ASCRIBE (SOMETHING) TO is to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with (something or someone) : assign, credit, or blame. How to use ascribe (something) to in a sentence.
