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attribution
[ a-truh-byoo-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of attributing; ascription.
- something ascribed; an attribute.
- Numismatics. a classification for a coin, based on its distinguishing features, as date, design, or metal.
- Archaic. authority or function assigned, as to a ruler, legislative assembly, delegate, or the like.
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Other Words From
- misat·tri·bution noun
- reat·tri·bution noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of attribution1
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Example Sentences
That precludes paying much mind to attribution or compensation.
Privately and never for attribution, some even have floated the term "civil treason" to describe the level of opposition.
The modest attribution “based on a true story” appears on screen: we could be in Anybiopic, Anywhere.
Surely responsible journalism requires attribution from the source of the accusation.
Other assertions in Pocket Facts lack any attribution, which avoids mangling sources.
King Robert's military renown does not need the false attribution of tactical discoveries that he certainly did not make.
The form of the title and the attribution of the work to Boulanger were designed to set persecution on the wrong track.
I do not know whether the attribution of the stone to Antony Paynes parents was more than a likely guess.
Worship, we tell ourselves, is worth-ship; it is the attribution of worth or honor to whom these are properly due.
This reiterated attribution of blessedness to Mary our Mother calls us to pause and ask just what blessedness means.
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