{
    "term": "attribute",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "attribute",
            "heSheIt": "attributes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "attributed",
        "pastParticiple": "attributed",
        "ingForm": "attributing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to say or believe that something is the result of a particular thing",
            "sensetop": "attribute something to something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She attributes her success to hard work and a little luck."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The power failure was attributed to the recent storms and high winds."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["directly", "solely", "largely"],
                "preposition": ["to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be commonly attributed to",
                    "be generally attributed to",
                    "be usually attributed to"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to say or believe that somebody is responsible for doing something, especially for saying, writing or painting something",
            "sensetop": "attribute something to somebody",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This play is usually attributed to Shakespeare."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a quote that has often been falsely attributed to George Patton"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["directly", "solely", "largely"],
                "preposition": ["to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be commonly attributed to",
                    "be generally attributed to",
                    "be usually attributed to"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to regard a quality or feature as belonging to somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "attribute somethingattribute something to somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The committee refused to **attribute blame** without further information.",
                    "contextForm": "attribute something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ancient peoples attributed magical properties to the stones.",
                    "contextForm": "attribute something to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The goals commonly attributed to management are status, power, salary and security."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtrɪbjuːt/",
                "audio": "at/attribute/attribute__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtrɪbjuːts/",
                "audio": "at/attribute/attributes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtrɪbjuːtɪd/",
                "audio": "at/attribute/attributed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtrɪbjuːtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "at/attribute/attributing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtrɪbjuːt/",
                "audio": "at/attribute/attribute__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtrɪbjuːts/",
                "audio": "at/attribute/attributes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtrɪbjuːtɪd/",
                "audio": "at/attribute/attributed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtrɪbjuːtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "at/attribute/attributing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: the noun from Old French attribut; the verb from Latin attribut- ‘allotted’: both from the verb attribuere, from ad- ‘to’ + tribuere ‘assign’."
}