attribution
part of speech
noun (attribution, attributions)
meaning for a pupil
1) Saying who wrote, made, said or did something: giving credit. tree →
2) Saying what caused something: «the attribution of the flood to heavy rain». tree →
3) (formal) A quality that someone is thought to have. tree →
sense in the lessons
In school it matters when using pictures, quotes or facts from other people: you must give attribution (say where it came from) and not copy as if it were yours. In art and history experts argue about the attribution of a painting to a painter. Phrases: «with attribution», «without attribution», «give attribution», «correct attribution».
examples
- NOTICE OF ATTRIBUTION Scanned at sacred-texts.com, September 2005. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice of attribution is left intact in all copies. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- Kalisch in the supplementary paragraphs gives a different attribution ; both are wrong, as an adept cultured clairvoyant could prove. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Always add an attribution when you use a photo from the internet. tree →
- The quote had no attribution, so we didn't know who said it. tree →
- The attribution of this painting to a famous artist is not certain. tree →
- Our teacher showed us how to write an attribution under a picture. tree →
- Copying words without attribution is called plagiarism. tree →
- The museum changed the attribution after new tests. tree →
note
Mostly uncountable, sometimes countable. Verb: attribute (to) — «The poem is attributed to an unknown writer.» Stress: at-tri-BU-tion. Do not confuse with «attributes» (qualities) or «contribution».
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «attribution» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.