Meanings
- not comparableCapable of being attributed.
His lack of conversation is attributable to his shyness.
3 more examples
Timekeeping is better than on many Irish main lines; indeed, such delays as do occur are often attributable to late running of the Dublin-Sligo trains.
1951 May, R. K. Kirkland, “The Cavan & Leitrim Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 343The Shark Attack File shows twenty-seven attacks, definitely attributable to Galeocerdo cuvieri, and they have occurred all over the world, from Australia to Florida.
1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 124[T]he ‘fun’ factor may be in part attributable the novelty of the feedback mechanism, and the sense of fun might wear thin after longer exposure to the feedback method.
2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1090 - not comparableAllowed to be attributed.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of being attributed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinattributus
- Englishattribute
- Englishattributable
Translations
Catalan atribuïble
- atribuïblecapable of being attributed
French attribuable
- attribuablecapable of being attributed
German zuschreibar
- zuschreibarcapable of being attributed
Greek αποδόσιμος
- αποδόσιμος (apodósimos)capable of being attributed
Italian attribuibile
- attribuibilecapable of being attributed
Portuguese atribuível
- atribuívelcapable of being attributed
Spanish atribuible, imputable
- atribuiblecapable of being attributed
- imputablecapable of being attributed
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attributable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attributable
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