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Definition: Attribution |
AttributionNoun1. Assigning to a cause or source. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "attribution" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
Etymology: Attribution \At`tri*bu"tion\, noun. [Latin expression attributio: compare to the French expression attribution.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: AttributionSynonym: ascription (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Attribution | Noun: attribution, theory, etiology, ascription, reference to, rationale; accounting for; v; palaetiology, imputation, derivation from. |
Circumstance | Contingency, dependence (uncertainty); causation, attribution. |
Concealment | Background information, deep background information, deep background; background session, backgrounder; not for attribution |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Attribution |
| English words defined with "attribution": animatism ♦ guilt by association ♦ identification, imputation. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "attribution": first detection ♦ non-interventional trial. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Attribution" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (allotment, ascription, assignation, assignment, attribution, enfranchisement, imputation, lending out, predication). |
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Movie/TV Titles | A Question of Attribution (1992) | |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | In the portion of Upper Silesia submitted to a plebiscite the provisions of this Article shall only come into force as from the definitive attribution of the territory. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | "Adapted" signifies that the text is reproduced with attribution, with some or no editorial adjustments. (references) | |
Business | Permission is granted to quote small portions of this report with proper attribution. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Attribution" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Attribution" is used about 171 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 171 | 23,814 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "attribution": non-attribution, re-attribution. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "attribution"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | atributim, veshje (apparel, array, article of clothing, ascription, attire, clothes, clothing, cloudiness, dress, dressing, fig, furnishings, garb, garment, garments, gear, guise, habiliments, habit, incrustation, outfit, overlay, papering, raggery, raiment, sheath, strip, suit, tog, toggery, togs, vesture, wear), pushtet (arm, ascendancy, ascendency, Caesar, clout, clutches, jurisdiction, nomocracy, power, reign), kushtim (consecration, dedication, devotion, inscription, warning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منسوب (rate), نسبة (proportion, rate, ratio), عزو (ascription, imputation), صفة معزوة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | функция (action, fluent, function), власт (arm, authority, authorization, control, disposition, grasp, grip, gripe, hand, helm, hold, jurisdiction, lordship, mastership, mastery, obedience, potency, power, reign, rule), приписване (ascription, assignation, assignment, imputation, reference). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | '属 (Ownership). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přisuzování. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | præstationsanalyse (performance attribution analysis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | toewijzingsakte (allotment, assigning), toewijzing (allocation, allotment, allowance, assigning, assignment, bonus, stacking allotment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | varallisuudensiirtotoimi (allotment, assigning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | attribution. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zuschreibung (appreciation in value, ascription), beilegung (ascription, attaching, enclosure, insertion, reconciliation, settlement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απόδοση (ascription, imputation, output, performance, production, rendering, rendition, return). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tulajdonság (attribute, nature, proper, property, quality, virtue), tulajdonítás (ascription, imputation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | atto attributivo (allotment, assigning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 속성 (attribute, Attributive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cur gys lieh (ascribe, ascription, attribute, impute). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | attributionay atribuição (allocation, allotment, ascription, assignment, placement), acto atributivo (allotment, assigning), prerrogativa (prerogative, privelege, privilege, right), imputação (accusation, ascription). (various references) atribuire (affiliation, allotment, assigning, assignment, assumption), atribuţie (competence, reference, task), drept (as, claim, correct, Dexter, direct, directly, due, end on, endways, equitable, erect, even, evenly, exactly, fair, fairly, for, forthright, honest, just, justice, justly, kind, law, legitimate, patent, permission, plain, point blank, precisely, privilege, real, reasonable, right, right foot, right leg, righteous, Square, stand, stand up, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, unprejudiced, upright). (various references) власть (ascendancy, ascendency, authority, clutch, control, domination, governance, grip, gripe, hand, helm, hold, mastery, power, sway), атрибуция, приписывание (ascription). (various references) pripisivanje (ascription). (various references) atribución (ascription, assignation, awarding). (various references) handling vari en rättighet överlåts (allotment, assigning). (various references) atfetme (imputation), yorma, sıfat (adjectival, adjective, attribute, attributive, capacity, character, determinant, epithet, title), nitelik (attribute, character, characteristic, composition, eligibility, essence, hallmark, kind, plate-mark, property, qualification, qualitative, quality, stamp), dayandırma, bağlama (affiliation, connecting, coupling, fastening, fixture, folk instrument with three double strings, immobilization, lacing, lashing), özellik (attribute, cachet, character, characteristic, feature, hall mark, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, particular, particularity, peculiarity, plate-mark, point, property, quality, quiddity, singularity, special feature, speciality, specialty, stamp, strain, trait). (various references) спроможність, компетенція (capacity, cognizance, purview), віднесення, влада (arm, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendant, authority, cathedra, command, domination, faculty, grip, gripe, hold, in, lordship, reign, rod), атрибуція, приписування (ascription, prescription). (various references) thẩm quyền (sufficiency), sự quy ra quyền h nh ban cho, quyền lực (authority, control, dominion, force, lordship, mastership, mastery, power). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "attribution": attributional, attributions. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "attribution": misattribution, reattribution. (additional references) | |
Words containing "attribution": misattributions, reattributions. (additional references) | |
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"Attribution" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: attribuition, attributional, etribution. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "attribution" (pronounced a'trubyuw"shun) |
| 9 | -t r u b y uw" sh u n | contribution, distribution, redistribution, retribution. |
| 5 | -y uw" sh u n | electrocution, elocution, execution, lilliputian, persecution, prosecution. |
| 4 | -uw" sh u n | absolution, constitution, counterrevolution, devolution, dilution, diminution, dissolution, evolution, institution, pollution, prostitution, resolution, restitution, revolution, solution, substitution. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absorption, abstraction, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attrition, auction, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contrition, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devotion, dictation, diction, dietitian, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dimension, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrician, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fission, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, fruition, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redirection, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retransmission, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-i-n-o-r-t-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: attrition, titration. | |
-3 letters: antiriot. | |
-4 letters: introit, rainout, taborin, titrant, tuition. | |
-5 letters: aroint, attorn, biotin, bonita, burton, button, intort, intuit, nutria, obtain, outran, ration, ratton, rubati, rubato, tabour, titbit, titian, triton, truant, turban, turbit, turbot. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-i-n-o-r-t-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: attributions. | |
+2 letters: attributional, reattribution. | |
+3 letters: misattribution, reattributions. | |
+4 letters: misattributions, substitutionary. | |
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