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attribution

/ˌæ.tɹɪˈbju.ʃən/noun4 syllables

Attribution means: assigning some quality or character to a person or thing.

Synonyms for attribution1

noun, as in assigning some quality or character to a person or thing

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noun, as in assigning to a cause or source

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What does attribution mean?2

noun

1

assigning some quality or character to a person or thing“the attribution of language to birds”

2

assigning to a cause or source“the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with attribution?20

three syllables

solutionpollutiondilution

five syllables

redistribution
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Attribution in a sentence

  • News stories should include the source of the information. If there’s no source or attribution, be suspicious.Hybrid
  • We're releasing all the sentences we collect under the Creative Commons Attribution license.jakov

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Forms of attribution

as a noun

plural
attributions