attribute
verb (used with object)
to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed byto ).
have attributed
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present perfectof attribute.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Elissa says she has gone to hospital several times with chest pains that medics have attributed to "stress".
From BBC β Sep. 4, 2026
Europe has been gripped by successive heatwaves and a major drought this year, which scientists have attributed to human-caused climate change.
From Barron's β Jul. 28, 2026
Burns instead prefers a quote that many have attributed to the writer Mark Twain: "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes."
From BBC β Sep. 18, 2025
In some cases, they have attributed reported health-effects from fume exposure to factors including hyperventilation, jet lag, psychological stress, mass hysteria and malingering.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 14, 2025
She was to concede that she may have attributed more deliberation than was feasible to her thirteen-year-old self.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
