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Ascribing meaning

present participle and gerund of ascribe

Using Ascribing

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of ascribe
  • In the example corpus, ascribing often appears in combinations such as: ascribing the, ascribing any, that ascribing.

Context around Ascribing

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 9 start, 9 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Ascribing

  • In this selection, "ascribing" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, incorrectly, battle, rejected, too, stupid and human stand out and add context to how "ascribing" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include accuracy of ascribing the authorship and against blindly ascribing meaning to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ascribing" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ascribing

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Ascribing any independent validity to the plural perspective is idolatry. (10 words)

Ascribing too much strategic intent to Trump is always a risk. (11 words)

Traders are ascribing a less than 5 per cent chance that the RBA will cut rates this month. (18 words)

Ascribing stupid to an individual makes sense if that person displays racial prejudice, but stating that the supposedly dominant race is stupid and judging all members of that race to be stupid is just as flawed as collective guilt. (39 words)

This minimisation happens by not registering or recognising such deaths as caused by spurious liquor, by not conducting post mortems or accepting requests for not doing postmortem, or ascribing the deaths to extraneous factors”. (34 words)

As time passes, writers of administrative and historical records find it necessary to identify a notable battle, ascribing it a name that is usually toponymical in nature and sourced from combatants or observers. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

This minimisation happens by not registering or recognising such deaths as caused by spurious liquor, by not conducting post mortems or accepting requests for not doing postmortem, or ascribing the deaths to extraneous factors”.

Ascribing too much strategic intent to Trump is always a risk.

Giles Watling, who was first elected to represent Clacton in 2017, said: “I’m not ascribing any of these sort of things to Nigel Farage himself.

Ascribing stupid to an individual makes sense if that person displays racial prejudice, but stating that the supposedly dominant race is stupid and judging all members of that race to be stupid is just as flawed as collective guilt.

You make the pathetic caveat “oh the customers are the real bad guys” without ascribing ANY other moral judgement on them.

It should be emphasized that ascribing human rights to children in the supreme law of the land is by no means universal.

Traders are ascribing a less than 5 per cent chance that the RBA will cut rates this month.

This is all a result of Christians incorrectly ascribing to God a sovereignty that makes Him responsible for everything that happens.

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Ascribing any independent validity to the plural perspective is idolatry.

Ascribing universal attributes to a broad generation is difficult, and some observers believe that it is inherently impossible.

As time passes, writers of administrative and historical records find it necessary to identify a notable battle, ascribing it a name that is usually toponymical in nature and sourced from combatants or observers.

By 1939, the Mediterraneanists' advocacy of a nativist racial theory that rejected ascribing the achievements of the Italian people to Nordic peoples.

Criticism J. E. R. Staddon As understood by Skinner, ascribing dignity to individuals involves giving them credit for their actions.

Fairbank and Teng Ssu-yu then edited the influential China's Response to the West (1953), although this was attacked for ascribing the change in China to outside forces.

In 1527, though, Erasmus threw doubt on the accuracy of ascribing the authorship of this document to Ambrose.

In 1959 the Helms Hall of Fame officially recognized Curtis (along with Annette Kellerman) – ascribing to her the primary development of synchronised swimming.

Jung cautioned against blindly ascribing meaning to dream symbols without a clear understanding of the client's personal situation.

Many mythologies focus on explanations of the universe, natural phenomena, or other themes of human existence, often ascribing agency to one or more deities or other supernatural forces.

Rosenmeyer insists that ascribing portrayed characters in Aeschylus should not conclude them to be either victims or agents of theological or religious activity too quickly.

Since statements ascribing mental predicates to individuals make claims about nothing over and above their behavior, they can be verified to be true or false by observation of behavior.

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Common combinations with ascribing

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ascribing" in a sentence?
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What does "ascribing" mean?
Ascribing means: present participle and gerund of ascribe
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