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attribuer — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • appoint verb To choose someone officially for a job or role.
  • ascribe verb To regard as arising from a specified cause or source.
  • assign verb To give a specific task, role, or place to someone.
  • attribute noun A quality or characteristic that belongs to a person or thing.
  • grant verb To give someone permission, a right, or something they have asked for.

Senses

attribuer is used for these senses in English:

  • ascribe (transitive) To attribute (a cause or characteristic) to someone or something.
  • ascribe (transitive) To attribute (a book, painting, or any other work of art or literature) to a writer or creator.
  • assign (transitive) To attribute or sort (something) into categories.
  • attribute (transitive) To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
  • grant (transitive) To agree with (someone) on (something); to accept (something) for the sake of argument; to admit to (someone) that (something) is true.

appoint — full definition

  1. verb To choose someone officially for a job or role.
  2. verb To set or fix a time or place for something, such as a meeting.

ascribe — full definition

  1. verb To regard as arising from a specified cause or source.
  2. verb To attribute (a book, painting, or any other work of art or literature) to a writer or creator.
  3. verb To believe in or agree with; to subscribe.

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