ASCRIBE (SOMETHING) TO (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING)


Meaning of ASCRIBE (SOMETHING) TO (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) in English

ascribe something to somebody/something phrasal verb written ( see also ↑ ascribe )

1 . to claim that something is caused by a particular person, situation etc:

The report ascribes the rise in childhood asthma to the increase in pollution.

2 . to claim that something has been written, said, made etc by a particular person:

a quotation that’s often been ascribed to Marilyn Monroe

3 . to believe that something or someone has a particular quality:

Local people ascribe healing properties to this fruit.

—ascribable adjective :

Most of the accidents were ascribable to the bad weather.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.