impute
To attribute or ascribe to a cause or sourceTo attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
» It seems probable that the licentiousness ordinarily imputed to Sappho may be a calumny.
Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness.
zuschreiben
вменятьvmenjatʹ
приписуватиprypysuvaty
attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
(transitive)To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution.
anrechnen, zurechnen
припи́сыватьpripísyvatʹ
(transitive)To take into account.
in Betracht ziehen, einbeziehen, einberechnen
(transitive)To attribute, ascribe, blame, or credit to.
People impute great cleverness to cats.
zuschreiben, unterstellen
припи́сыватьpripísyvatʹ
attribute or credit to
(transitive)To replace missing data with substituted values.
Examples
1 sentencesIt seems probable that the licentiousness ordinarily imputed to Sappho may be a calumny.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French imputer, from Latin imputō (“to bring into the reckoning, charBorrowed from Middle French imputer, from Latin imputō (“to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute”).
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Forms
imputes, imputing, imputed, imputedSynonyms
18 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle