impute
part of speech
verb (impute, imputes, imputed, imputing; formal)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) To say that something, usually bad, is caused by or belongs to someone: to impute blame. tree →
2) (maths and statistics) To fill in a missing value in data with an estimated one. tree →
sense in the lessons
A stiff exam and legal word: «they imputed the failure to poor planning». In data and statistics, imputing means guessing a missing number from the others, for example using the average. Phrases: impute blame, impute motives, impute missing values.
examples
- Then their spirit doth pass over and transgress, and they become guilty: even they who impute their might unto their god. (Prophets HAB.1.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- and the children of Israel did impute things that were not right unto the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city; (Prophets 2KI.17.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- It is unfair to impute bad motives to someone without proof. tree →
- The report imputed the delay to the bad weather. tree →
- The scientist imputed the missing temperature using the average of the days before and after. tree →
- Don't impute the mistake to her; it was mine. tree →
- The judge refused to impute guilt without evidence. tree →
- The historian would not impute cruelty to the king without evidence. tree →
note
Formal. Noun «imputation». Easier everyday words: «blame», «put down to». In data work, imputed values are estimates, not real measurements, and good reports say which ones were filled in.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «impute» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.