attributable

«attributable» in Mova's school dictionary: attributable to a cause, it is caused by it or can be… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (attributable — used with «to»)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) If something is attributable to a cause, it is caused by it or can be said to come from it. tree →

2) (formal) If a saying or work is attributable to a person, that person said or made it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and in the stiff exam voice it links a result to a cause: «The rise is attributable to the heat.» In maths problems it can tell which part of a total comes from which cause. Phrases: «attributable to».

examples

• The flood was attributable to heavy rain. tree →
• Half of the cost is attributable to transport. tree →
• The rise in temperature is attributable to the heater. tree →
• Most of the noise was attributable to the building work. tree →
• The quote is attributable to a famous writer. tree →
• What fraction of the damage is attributable to the storm? tree →

note

Formal; in everyday speech say «caused by» or «because of». Always followed by «to». Spelling: at-TRIB-ut-able. Maths: «the amount attributable to X» is the part of the total that comes from X.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «attributable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.