(~ to) atfetmek

Turkish - English

Definition of (~ to) atfetmek in Turkish English dictionary

ascribe

To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something

One may ascribe these problems to the federal government, however at this stage it is unclear what caused them.

To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator

It is arguable as to whether we can truly ascribe this play to Shakespeare.

{v} to attribute, impate, assign

to assign as a quality or attribute

To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong

{f} attribute to, charge to

To attribute, as death to a poison

To attribute an effect to the right cause

To attribute a book to an author

To attribute; to impute; to refer, as to a cause

attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

If you ascribe something such as a quotation or a work of art to someone, you say that they said it or created it. He mistakenly ascribes the expression `survival of the fittest' to Charles Darwin. = attribute

To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author

If you ascribe a quality to someone, you consider that they possess it. We do not ascribe a superior wisdom to government or the state. = attribute

If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing. An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby's death to sudden infant death syndrome. = attribute

Hyphenation

(~ to) at·fet·mek