Ascribe is an English word with synonyms like impute or assign. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Ascribe meaning
- To attribute (a cause or characteristic) to someone or something.
- To attribute (a book, painting, or any other work of art or literature) to a writer or creator.
- To believe in or agree with; to subscribe.
Using Ascribe
- The main meaning on this page is: To attribute (a cause or characteristic) to someone or something. | To attribute (a book, painting, or any other work of art or literature) to a writer or creator. | To believe in or agree with; to subscribe.
- Useful related words include: impute, assign, attribute, evaluate.
- In the example corpus, ascribe often appears in combinations such as: to ascribe, ascribe to, ascribe the.
Context around Ascribe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ascribe
- In this selection, "ascribe" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, experts, weaknesses, guilt, criminal and false stand out and add context to how "ascribe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ability to ascribe positive meaning and and to ascribe morality to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ascribe" sits close to words such as accrington, airfoil and airstrip, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ascribe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I ascribe to this belief. (5 words)
He’s on shakier ground when he tries to ascribe guilt. (11 words)
We don’t have to ascribe every conceivable character flaw to those who do abominable things. (16 words)
One of the many scary and disheartening things about racism in America today is that we all ascribe to it, just in different ways and with lopsided results based on how we are situated in the racial order. (38 words)
To call the film a debunking or a corrective would ascribe to it a level of knowledge that neither Bill Genovese nor director James Solomon, a screenwriter making a fine nonfiction filmmaking debut, claims to possess. (36 words)
Soyinka, who has always expressed his reservation and angst against those who ascribe false stories to him, said he was ready to give anyone who reveals the source of any fake news attributed to him. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
A department of health and social sare spokesperson said: “There are a wide variety of factors contributing to excess deaths and it is important not to ascribe them to one cause.
He’s on shakier ground when he tries to ascribe guilt.
I ascribe to this belief.
In recent months, the defendant has told psychiatrists, including those called by the defense, that he continues to ascribe to his antisemitic views, and has expressed pride in the attack he carried out.
It also does not ascribe criminal penalties to either women who receive or doctors who perform abortions.
Soyinka, who has always expressed his reservation and angst against those who ascribe false stories to him, said he was ready to give anyone who reveals the source of any fake news attributed to him.
The higher the business mix shifts to wealth management, the higher valuation Mr. Market will ascribe to its stock.
The underlying darkness is what has compelled reviewers to call it a homoerotic thriller and to ascribe morality to its characters and its ending.
To call the film a debunking or a corrective would ascribe to it a level of knowledge that neither Bill Genovese nor director James Solomon, a screenwriter making a fine nonfiction filmmaking debut, claims to possess.
We don’t have to ascribe every conceivable character flaw to those who do abominable things.
Who knows what future generations of historians will make of the Sugarcloud, what arcane purpose they will ascribe to them.
Because much of the club’s equipment is hand-made, it’s difficult to ascribe a monetary value to the stolen goods.
Every case and every community is unique, so it’s risky to ascribe particular political motivations to any one decision.
One thing won’t change: I will continue to ascribe to the philosophy of comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.
It is interesting from what I have learned that most of the Islamic Nations don't ascribe to such programs, to their vast benefit.
It will be tempting, in the post-mortem that has begun and will continue as long as men have ears, to ascribe Trump’s bumpy fate to Trump.
Most experts ascribe the relative success in SF to a population determined to keep distance and wear masks.
One of the many scary and disheartening things about racism in America today is that we all ascribe to it, just in different ways and with lopsided results based on how we are situated in the racial order.
Our power lies in our ability to ascribe positive meaning to situations, that will align with our desire to maintain a pleasant state.
The Freudian concept of psychological projection refers to the behavior of people who, unable to acknowledge their own weaknesses, ascribe those same failings to others.
Common combinations with ascribe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to ascribe 27×
- ascribe to 15×
- ascribe the 11×
- and ascribe 5×
- ascribe it 4×
- not ascribe 3×
- who ascribe 3×
- they ascribe 3×
- ascribe his 3×
- will ascribe 2×