attributable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /əˈtɹɪbjuːtəbəl/
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin attributusbor. English attribute Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English attributable From attribute + -able.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Capable of being attributed.
Timekeeping is better than on many Irish main lines; indeed, such delays as do occur are often attributable to late running of the Dublin-Sligo trains.
1951 May, R. K. Kirkland, “The Cavan & Leitrim Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 343:The Shark Attack File shows twenty-seven attacks, definitely attributable to Galeocerdo cuvieri, and they have occurred all over the world, from Australia to Florida.
1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 124:His lack of conversation is attributable to his shyness.
[T]he ‘fun’ factor may be in part attributable the novelty of the feedback mechanism, and the sense of fun might wear thin after longer exposure to the feedback method.
2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1090:
- (not-comparable) Allowed to be attributed.
Deriveds
inattributable · nonattributable · unattributable · attributableness
Translations (8)
es imputable (capable of being attributed) · es atribuible (capable of being attributed) · pt atribuível (capable of being attributed) · it attribuibile (capable of being attributed) · de zuschreibar (capable of being attributed) · el αποδόσιμος (capable of being attributed) · fr attribuable (capable of being attributed) · ca atribuïble (capable of being attributed)