"attribution" meaning in English

See attribution in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌæ.tɹɪˈbju.ʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-attribution.wav Forms: attributions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French attribution, from Latin attributio. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|attribution}} Middle French attribution, {{uder|en|la|attributio}} Latin attributio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} attribution (countable and uncountable, plural attributions)
  1. The act of attributing something. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act): attribuutio (Finnish), गुणारोपण (guṇāropaṇ) (Hindi), aitreabúideacht [feminine] (Irish), atrybucja [feminine] (Polish), attribution [common-gender] (Swedish), tillskrivning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-attribution-en-noun--8V6ez~o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 32 18 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 48 28 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 16 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 56 12 10 6 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 61 22 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 51 29 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 65 21 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 49 33 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 49 28 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 48 31 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 51 28 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 74 15 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 52 29 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 48 27 25 Disambiguation of 'act': 60 0 40
  2. An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (acknowledgment of ownership or authorship): tilskrivning [common-gender] (Danish), alkuperä (Finnish), Zuschreibung [feminine] (German), heder [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), atrybucja [feminine] (Polish), atribución [feminine] (Spanish), attribution [common-gender] (Swedish), lời ghi công (Vietnamese), lời công nhận (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-attribution-en-noun-75-Rp6Uh Disambiguation of 'acknowledgment of ownership or authorship': 1 92 7
  3. (law) A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-attribution-en-noun-F1YKEO9t Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: attributional, attributionist, attribution theory, deattribution, microattribution, misattribution, nonattribution, overattribution Related terms: reattribution

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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