attribution
pronunciation
How to pronounce attribution in British English:
UK [ˌætrɪ'bju:ʃn]
How to pronounce attribution in American English:
US [ˌætrəˈbjuʃən]
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- Noun:
- assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
- assigning to a cause or source
Word Origin
- attribution (n.)
- late 15c., "action of bestowing or assigning," from Middle French attribution (14c.), from Latin attributionem (nominative attributio) "an assignment, attribution," noun of action from past participle stem of attribuere (see attribute). Meaning "thing attributed" is recorded from 1580s.
Example
- 1. The complications revolve around attribution of skill .
- 2. It 's called the fundamental attribution error .
- 3. This means that , unless you say otherwise , no one can perform a piece written by you or make copies of it , even with attribution , unless you give the ok .
- 4. Needless to say , the attribution of specific characteristics to animals isn 't peculiar to china , and even there they had to compete with tigers and monkeys , horses and deer , in popular fear and / or devotion .
- 5. Does your critique include physical attribution studies -- attempts , that is , to pin down how greenhouse warming affects the likelihood of specific weather-related events , such as heatwaves , heavy rain and floods ?