Attribution

Attribution
(Roget's Thesaurus)
-->Assignment of cause.
<- N
PARAG:Attribution->N
GRP: \\ N \\ 1
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ attribution
attribution
theory
etiology
ascription
reference to
rationale
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ accounting for
accounting for
&c.->V.
Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ palaetiology1
palaetiology1
imputation
derivation from
GRP: \\ N \\ 2
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ filiation
filiation
affiliation
Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ pedigree
pedigree
&c.(paternity) 166
GRP: \\ N \\ 3
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ explanation
explanation
&c.(interpretation) 522
Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ reason why
reason why
&c.(cause) 153
PARAG:Attribution->V
GRP: \\ V \\ 1
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ attribute to
attribute to
ascribe to
impute to
refer to
lay to
point to
trace to
bring home to
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ put down to
put down to
set down to
blame
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ charge on
charge on
ground on
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ invest with
invest with
assign as cause
lay at
the door of
father upon
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ account for
account for
derive from
point out the reason
&c. 153
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ theorize
theorize
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ tell how it comes
tell how it comes
Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ put the saddle on the right horse
put the saddle on the right horse
PARAG:Attribution->Adj
GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ attributed
attributed
&c.->V.
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ attributable
attributable
&c.->V.
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ referable to
referable to
referible to
due to
derivable from
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ owing to
owing to
&c.(effect) 154
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ putative
putative
Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ ecbatic
ecbatic
PARAG:Attribution->Adv
GRP: \\ Adv \\ 1
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ hence
hence
thence
therefore
for
since
on account of
because
owing to
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ on that account
on that account
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ from this cause
from this cause
from that cause
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ thanks to
thanks to
forasmuch as
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 1 \\ whence
whence
propter hoc
GRP: \\ Adv \\ 2
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 2 \\ why
why
???>?
wherefore
???>?
whence
???>?
how comes it
how is it
how happens it
???>?
how does it happen
???>?
in some way
in some such way
Sgm: \\ Adv \\ 2 \\ somehow
somehow
somehow or other

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