ascribable
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6.9
- adjective
- /əˈskrɪbəbl/
- This particularity, ascribable to ideology-dependent core relations, contributed to the structural dynamism of precolonial African societies.
Examples
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The increase in sales is largely ascribable to the new marketing strategy.
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" That is an illusion ascribable to the bias of the observer," I answered.
Fiction book (1997) -
Therefore, the mild agitation that commonly precedes the acute phase, although evident, was easily ascribable to the patient's augmentation or other, more mundane, causes.
Blog text (32) -
The comparative fault approach may pose some difficulty for the courts because, in order to ascertain as accurately as possible the percentage of fault ascribable to each PRP, a court must rely on factual information that, though abundant, is usually of limited usefulness and great complexity.
Academic text (1991) -
The literary effect here is primarily ascribable to the deliberate yet ingenious adoption of mental process, and perception process in particular (i.e., "They heard.") as the mode of presentation, a mode that is rendered natural through adopting "the angle of vision" of Greta and Lenchen.
Academic text (2005) -
The success of the project is ascribable to the hard work of the entire team.
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His illness was ascribable to prolonged exposure to toxic chemicals.
Synonyms
∞
3.1
Happening because of something or someone
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5.4
Caused by a particular person, event, or reason
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7.1
Able to be linked to a cause or origin
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8.6
Able to be blamed on a person or caused by something
Antonyms
How Certain
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Morphology
Etymology
The word ascribable comes from Latin parts ad- ('to') and scribere ('to write'), the same root you see in scribe and script. Think of writing a name next to a fact to show who or what it belongs to; that's why something ascribable can be 'assigned' to a particular person or cause.