ascribes

Meanings

• Verb

  To attribute or assign a quality, role, or responsibility to someone or something.

• Verb

  To describe or explain the nature or character of something.

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Synonyms

attribute , impute

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with ascribes
scribes , preserves , applies

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Variants

List of all variants of ascribes that leads to same result
ascribable , ascribe , ascribed , ascribes , ascribing

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'ascribere', which means 'to write up' or 'to set down'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'ascribes' is used in the field of statistics to describe the process of assigning probabilities to events.

2. The word 'ascribes' is also used in the context of genealogy to refer to the act of tracing one's ancestry.

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Related Concepts

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1. Attribute: A quality or characteristic possessed by a person or thing.

2. Assign: To give or designate a particular function, role, or duty to someone or something.

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Culture

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In literature, 'ascribes' is often used to describe how characters attribute certain qualities or roles to one another. For example, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth ascribes the guilt for the murder to Macduff's dead wife.

How to Memorize "ascribes"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the act of writing or setting something down as a way to remember the meaning of 'ascribes'.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'ascribes' with the idea of assigning or attributing qualities or roles to something.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'A is for Attributes, S is for Setting Down'.

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