attribute
verb (used with object)
to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed byto ).
will attribute
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future tenseof attribute.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Pollan points to a 2022 study that found that “a single psychedelic experience dramatically increases the likelihood that a person will attribute consciousness to other entities, both living and nonliving.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
Sometimes people will attribute unconditional cooperative behavior to a moral compass, or an intuitive sense of right and wrong; as Bicchieri points out, "we're not angels."
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2022
But the show seems more aware of Emily’s flaws this time around, which I will attribute to Collins’s Globe-nominated ability to play up the character’s vapid nature.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2021
Official Olympic paperwork and TV graphics will attribute Russian results to "ROC" but won't spell out the Russian Olympic Committee's name in full.
From Fox News ● Jul. 18, 2021
Citizens Representatives: If I should not express myself with the energy I used formerly to do, you will attribute it to the very dangerous illness I have suffered in the prison of the Luxembourg.
From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Thomas Paine
