attribution
The act of attributing somethingThe act of attributing something.
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Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of attributing something.
(countable, uncountable)An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.
The attribution of the quote is widely regarded as dubious.
Zuschreibung
(countable, uncountable)A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Authority or function assigned
- assigning to a cause or source
- assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
Examples
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We're releasing all the sentences we collect under the Creative Commons Attribution license.
deWir veröffentlichen alle Sätze, die wir sammeln, unter der Creative Commons Attributionslizenz.
News stories should include the source of the information. If there’s no source or attribution, be suspicious.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle French attribution, from Latin attributio.From Middle French attribution, from Latin attributio.
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Forms
plural: attributions| Singular | attribution |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- assigning to a cause or source:ascription
- assigning some quality or character to a person or thing:ascription
Word family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable