atribuir — meaning in English

English meaning

• 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.
• set verb To put something in a particular place or position.

Senses

atribuir is used for these senses in English:

• ascribe (transitive) To attribute (a cause or characteristic) to someone or something.
• assign (transitive) To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.
• assign (transitive) To allot or give (something) as a task.
• assign (transitive) To attribute or sort (something) into categories.
• attribute (transitive) To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
• chalk up to (transitive, idiomatic) To attribute or account for something; to ascribe.
• set (transitive) To devise and assign (work) to.

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.

assign — full definition

1. verb To give a specific task, role, or place to someone.
2. verb To transfer property, a right, or a value to someone or something else.

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