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Definition: ATTRIBUTING |
ATTRIBUTINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Attribute |
Date "ATTRIBUTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
Crosswords: ATTRIBUTING |
| English words defined with "ATTRIBUTING": externalisation, externalization ♦ imputation, incarnation ♦ pathetic fallacy, personification ♦ real McCoy, real stuff, real thing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ATTRIBUTING": blocks. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Local trade contacts further estimate an annual growth rate of three to five percent, attributing this market expansion to the rising crime rates in Argentina, the high levels of perceived insecurity by the population and the increasing priority of improving workplace safety. (references) | |
Minorities | Bulgaria | Numerous articles in a broad range of newspapers as well as television documentaries, drew lurid and inaccurate pictures of the activities of non-Orthodox religious groups, attributing the breakup of families and drug abuse by youths to the practices of these groups and alleging that evangelicals were drugging young children. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "ATTRIBUTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 95.28% of the time. "ATTRIBUTING" is used about 106 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 95.28% | 101 | 32,488 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.83% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.94% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.94% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 106 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "ATTRIBUTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | å½'å› äºŽ (Ascribe, Ascribed, Ascribing, Attributed). (various references) | ||||
French | attribuant. (various references) | ||||
German | zuschreibend (ascribing, imputing), beifügend. (various references) | ||||
Korean | ëŒë¦¼ (Ascribing). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | attributingay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "ATTRIBUTING": misattributing, reattributing. (additional references) | |
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"ATTRIBUTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: attibuting, tributing. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ATTRIBUTING" (pronounced utri"byuting) |
| 4 | -u t i ng | accrediting, auditing, balloting, blanketing, budgeting, carpeting, cohabiting, crediting, depositing, dieting, discrediting, dispiriting, disquieting, editing, eliciting, exhibiting, exiting, ferreting, fidgeting, forfeiting, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, limiting, marketing, misinterpreting, orbiting, picketing, piloting, pirating, plummeting, pocketing, profiting, prohibiting, quieting, ratcheting, reinterpreting, remarketing, revisiting, rioting, riveting, rocketing, skyrocketing, soliciting, targeting, telemarketing, ticketing, trumpeting, visiting, vomiting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accosting, accounting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, disputing, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, Fetting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, pinpointing, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, prognosticating, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revolting, rewriting, roasting, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-g-i-i-n-r-t-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: titrating. | |
-3 letters: abutting, attiring, bruiting. | |
-4 letters: airting, antibug, baiting, batting, bitting, bruting, butting, ratting, rutting, tabuing, tarting, tatting, tauting, titrant, tutting. | |
-5 letters: airing, baring, bating, biting, gittin, gratin, guitar, intuit, nutria, rating, rubati, taring, tiring, titbit, titian, truant, truing, tubing, turban, turbit, ungirt. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-g-i-i-n-r-t-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: reattributing. | |
+3 letters: misattributing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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