English > impute: 2 senses > verb 1, cognition| Meaning | Attribute or credit to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Example | "People impute great cleverness to cats" |
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| Synonyms | ascribe, assign, attribute |
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| Narrower | accredit, credit | ascribe an achievement to |
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| anthropomorphize, anthropomorphise | ascribe human features to something |
| blame, charge | Attribute responsibility to |
| credit | Give someone credit for something |
| impute | Attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source |
| internalize, internalise, interiorize, interiorise | incorporate within oneself |
| personify, personate | Attribute human qualities to something |
| project, externalize, externalise | regard as objective |
| reattribute | Attribute to another source |
| sensualize, carnalize | ascribe to an origin in sensation |
| Broader | evaluate, pass judgment, judge | form a critical opinion of |
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| Similar to | impute | Attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source |
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| Spanish | achacar, adjudicar, adscribir, asignar, atribuir, destinar, imputar |
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| Catalan | adjudicar, adscriure, allevar, atribuir, destinar, imputar |
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| Nouns | imputation | the attribution to a source or cause |
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