English / phrasal verb
Attribute to
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To regard something as being caused by or belonging to a particular creator or source
In context
01
Literary historians attribute this anonymous medieval romance to a court bard living near the Rhine.
02
The novelist attributes her keen observational power to the rich bedtime fables her grandfather told her.
Synonyms
ascribe to,credit to,assign to
Antonyms
deny,disassociate,disconnect from
Collocations
attribute success to,attribute a poem to,attribute motives to