Meaning of "ascribe" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ASCRIBE

From Latin ascrībere to enrol, from ad in addition + scrībere to write.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ASCRIBE

ascribe  [əˈskraɪb]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASCRIBE

Ascribe is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb ascribe in English.

WHAT DOES ASCRIBE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ascribe in the English dictionary

The definition of ascribe in the dictionary is to credit or assign, as to a particular origin or period. Other definition of ascribe is to attribute as a quality; consider as belonging to.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ASCRIBE

PRESENT

Present

I ascribe

you ascribe

he/she/it ascribes

we ascribe

you ascribe

they ascribe

Present continuous

I am ascribing

you are ascribing

he/she/it is ascribing

we are ascribing

you are ascribing

they are ascribing

Present perfect

I have ascribed

you have ascribed

he/she/it has ascribed

we have ascribed

you have ascribed

they have ascribed

Present perfect continuous

I have been ascribing

you have been ascribing

he/she/it has been ascribing

we have been ascribing

you have been ascribing

they have been ascribing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I ascribed

you ascribed

he/she/it ascribed

we ascribed

you ascribed

they ascribed

Past continuous

I was ascribing

you were ascribing

he/she/it was ascribing

we were ascribing

you were ascribing

they were ascribing

Past perfect

I had ascribed

you had ascribed

he/she/it had ascribed

we had ascribed

you had ascribed

they had ascribed

Past perfect continuous

I had been ascribing

you had been ascribing

he/she/it had been ascribing

we had been ascribing

you had been ascribing

they had been ascribing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will ascribe

you will ascribe

he/she/it will ascribe

we will ascribe

you will ascribe

they will ascribe

Future continuous

I will be ascribing

you will be ascribing

he/she/it will be ascribing

we will be ascribing

you will be ascribing

they will be ascribing

Future perfect

I will have ascribed

you will have ascribed

he/she/it will have ascribed

we will have ascribed

you will have ascribed

they will have ascribed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been ascribing

you will have been ascribing

he/she/it will have been ascribing

we will have been ascribing

you will have been ascribing

they will have been ascribing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would ascribe

you would ascribe

he/she/it would ascribe

we would ascribe

you would ascribe

they would ascribe

Conditional continuous

I would be ascribing

you would be ascribing

he/she/it would be ascribing

we would be ascribing

you would be ascribing

they would be ascribing

Conditional perfect

I would have ascribe

you would have ascribe

he/she/it would have ascribe

we would have ascribe

you would have ascribe

they would have ascribe

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been ascribing

you would have been ascribing

he/she/it would have been ascribing

we would have been ascribing

you would have been ascribing

they would have been ascribing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you ascribe
we let´s ascribe
you ascribe

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to ascribe

Past participle

ascribed

Present Participle

ascribing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ASCRIBE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ascribe» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of ascribe

assign · attribute · charge · credit · impute · put down · refer · set down

TRANSLATION OF ASCRIBE

Find out the translation of ascribe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ascribe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ascribe» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 将…归因于
• Translator English - Spanish: atribuir
• English: ascribe
• Translator English - Hindi: मानो
• Translator English - Arabic: تنسب
• Translator English - Russian: приписывают
• Translator English - Portuguese: atribuir
• Translator English - Bengali: আরোপ করা
• Translator English - French: attribuer
• Translator English - Malay: Ascribe
• Translator English - German: zuschreiben
• Translator English - Japanese: ～のせいと見なす
• Translator English - Korean: ~의 탓으로 돌리다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ascribe
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đổ cho
• Translator English - Tamil: சார்த்திக்
• Translator English - Marathi: Ascribe
• Translator English - Turkish: atfetmek
• Translator English - Italian: attribuire
• Translator English - Polish: przypisują
• Translator English - Ukrainian: приписують
• Translator English - Romanian: atribuie
• Translator English - Greek: αποδίδουν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Gee
• Translator English - Swedish: skriva
• Translator English - Norwegian: tilskrive

10 QUOTES WITH «ASCRIBE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ascribe.

1

Chris Abani

We often think that language mirrors the world in which we live, and I find that's not true. The language actually makes the world in which we live. Language is not - I mean, things don't have any mutable value by themselves; we ascribe them a value.

2

James M. Barrie

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

3

Candice Bergen

Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know you're just renting for a while.

4

Joseph Campbell

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning.

5

Nicolaus Copernicus

I can easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as some people learn that in this book which I have written concerning the revolutions of the heavenly bodies, I ascribe certain motions to the Earth, they will cry out at once that I and my theory should be rejected.

6

William A. Dembski

I'm not saying that atheists can't act morally or have moral knowledge. But when I ascribe virtue to an atheist, it's as a theist who sees the atheist as conforming to objective moral values. The atheist, by contrast, has no such basis for morality. And yet all moral judgments require a basis for morality, some standard of right and wrong.

7

Frantz Fanon

I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization.

8

Henry Louis Gates

People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but he was a cunning and calculating politician; from the cultivation of his image as a hayseed from Illinois, to his ability to keep this country together under dire circumstances.

9

Lauren Groff

As a person, I do ascribe to a lot of magical thinking myself.

10

Nicolas Malebranche

You will not dishonor the divine perfections by judgments unworthy of them, provided you never judge of Him by yourself, provided you do not ascribe to the Creator the imperfections and limitations of created beings.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASCRIBE»

Discover the use of ascribe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ascribe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Propositional Attitudes: An Essay on Thoughts and How We ...

This book makes a stimulating contribution to the philosophy of language and philosophy of mind.

Mark Richard, 1990

The Enigma of Perception

Supporters of that argument may begin by ascribing states of consciousness to themselves, but they are certainly prepared to ascribe such states to others. They demonstrate their willingness to do so when they carry out their inference to other  ...

D. L. C. Maclachlan, 2013

Rights, Goods, and Democracy

The fact that we ascribe certain rights to human beings that we do not ascribe to nonhuman beings does not supply such a reason, since it does not mean that nonhuman beings have no rights at all. Instead, it means only that the justification  ...

Ramon M. Lemos, 1986

Principles of Cognition, Language and Action: Essays on the ...

However, in the text just quoted Wittgenstein does not mean to say that we can never know whether others are really in pain; what he does mean to say is that to ascribe pains to others is really nothing over and above that of ascribing ...

N. Praetorius, 2000

Italian Painters

D0880 207, and note 2; on Domenico Mancini, 208; ascribe copy after Giorgione to Pennaccbl, 209; Giorgione's works to other painters, 216, and note 3, 219, note 1; ise picture at Treviso as not by him, 220; ascribe German ictnre to Titian, ...

Giovanni Morelli

Mapping Mental Spaces

But they do not explain why I should have the concept of myself at all, why I should ascribe my thoughts and experiences to anything. Moreover ... the facts in question still do not explain why we should, as we do, ascribe certain corporeal ...

Bill Whitehouse, 2009

The Quarterly Christian Spectator

the former, you must hold to the latter ; and there is no mode of avoiding the latter hut by giving up the former, and going over to the Pelagian scheme. For, say they , the scriptures equally ascribe sin and holiness to God's agency, and as ...

Coming to Our Senses: A Naturalistic Program for Semantic ...

What should be the basis for our choosing to ascribe one rather than another of the many properties of a token that are candidates to be meanings? The answer is implicit in the task. We should ascribe the ones that play semantic roles and ...

Michael Devitt, 1996

Moral Responsibility and the Boundaries of Community: Power ...

This particular case brings out two important aspects of responsibility that Casey and others who want to ascribe moral responsibility to individuals by locutions such as "X brought about harm" or " Y failed to prevent it" are obliged to take into  ...

Marion Smiley, 2009

Guilty Robots, Happy Dogs: The Question of Alien Minds

For the philosopher Peter Strawson the way we ascribe properties to an agent is central to the concept of a person.19 For example, we may say 'he is tall', denoting physical characteristics, and we also ascribe mental characteristics. Thus we ...

David McFarland, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASCRIBE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ascribe is used in the context of the following news items.

Let's Unite To Make Marriage Stronger for All — Gay and Straight

This, then, should be our rallying cry, especially for American Jews who ascribe to the values of family, education and egalitarianism. «Forward, Jul 15»

Hindi iyan bagyo: Why we should be wary of an 'enhanced monsoon'

It's important to properly ascribe the rains to the enhanced monsoon rather than to nearby cyclones, because the dangers may be different. «GMA News, Jul 15»

Heads up: hats make a comeback

The European leg of the spring/summer 2016 menswear shows now behind us, it's safe to ascribe a few trends to next summer's must-haves: ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Restricting Confederate flag is tricky for government

He understands the flag can bring up “ill feelings for some,” but Burton also said that “it doesn't mean you ascribe to what you think that means.”. «Journal and Courier, Jul 15»

Jacob Arminius– Theologian of Grace Part Five

In comparison with his Reformed contemporaries, Arminius is less willing to ascribe to mystery the salvific intent of God. And whatever those ... «Patheos, Jul 15»

The Daily 202: Puerto Rico bankruptcy puts 2016 candidates in …

There are some people in the grassroots who ascribe bad motives to him, and I will often dispute that. I think he believes in all of his heart in his ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»

AP Admits: Obamacare Is a Likely Factor in 'Increasing Part-Time …

In any event, one could easily ascribe much of the remaining two-thirds, if not directly to Obamacare, then to the historically weak slow-motion ... «NewsBusters, Jul 15»

For sea lions, a feast of salmon on the Columbia

While it's tempting to ascribe every environmental change to human agency, the ocean has its own inscrutable logic. Back on the boat with ... «High Country News, Jul 15»

Supreme Court: Unwed Mother Can Be The Sole Legal Guardian …

... on the contrary, it depicts an intent so as to ascribe the meaning thereto as 'in the absence of' - be it temporary or otherwise or total apathy of ... «Huffington Post India, Jul 15»

Medical Cure and Spiritual Healing

... humankind; yet, by their own admission, at least the majority of the medical faculty in Nigeria, ascribe healing to a power beyond them - God. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»