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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.
Ascribe definition: to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute. See examples of ASCRIBE used in a sentence.
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.
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.
If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing.
Definition of ascribe verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ascribe. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English as‧cribe /əˈskraɪb/ verb → ascribe something to somebody/something → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus ascribe • We may be quite right to ascribe agency to a child for his acts.
ascribe. as•cribe /əˈskraɪb/ v. [ ~ + object + to + object], -cribed, -crib•ing. to believe or consider (something or someone) to be the cause or source of (something): She ascribed her failures to bad luck. to believe that (something) was made or done by (someone): ascribed this painting to Picasso.
Definitions of 'ascribe'. 1. If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing. [formal] [...] 2. If you ascribe a quality to someone, you consider that they possess it. [formal] [...] More.
