attribution

Other forms of attribution

plural

attributions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about attribution

What does attribution mean?

attribution means "assigning some quality or character to a person or thing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in attribution?

attribution has 4 syllables: at-tri-bu-tion. The stress falls on "bu". In IPA it is /ˌætɹɪˈbjuʃən/.

What is another word for attribution?

Close synonyms include ascription, ascription. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is attribution a common word?

attribution is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with attribution?

4 words rhyme with attribution. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.