attribution

[ a-truh-byoo-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act of attributing; ascription.
2. something ascribed; an attribute.
3. Numismatics. a classification for a coin, based on its distinguishing features, as date, design, or metal.
4. Archaic. authority or function assigned, as to a ruler, legislative assembly, delegate, or the like.

Other Words From

• misat·tri·bution noun
• reat·tri·bution noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of attribution¹

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin attribūtiōn-, stem of attribūtiō “assignment, an allotting”; attribute, -ion

Example Sentences

“The fundamental principle underpinning climate change attribution science is counterfactual analysis,” Stuart-Smith says.

From Popular-Science

The attribution process happens within the App Store before being verified on Apple’s servers.

From Digiday

Those identifiers are the backbone of those spending choices, powering ad targeting, retargeting, frequency capping, campaign measurement and attribution.

From Digiday

Josh Linforth, commercial director for Genius Sports Media, a part of the sports media buying agency Genius Sports Group, said that sports books do not ultimately care about attribution when they’re making a media buy.

From Digiday

It could hobble advertising operations, from frequency capping to campaign measurement, targeted ads to the attribution of app installs.

From Digiday

That precludes paying much mind to attribution or compensation.

From The Daily Beast

Privately and never for attribution, some even have floated the term "civil treason" to describe the level of opposition.

From The Daily Beast

The modest attribution “based on a true story” appears on screen: we could be in Anybiopic, Anywhere.

From The Daily Beast

Surely responsible journalism requires attribution from the source of the accusation.

From The Daily Beast

Other assertions in Pocket Facts lack any attribution, which avoids mangling sources.

From The Daily Beast

King Robert's military renown does not need the false attribution of tactical discoveries that he certainly did not make.

From Project Gutenberg

The form of the title and the attribution of the work to Boulanger were designed to set persecution on the wrong track.

From Project Gutenberg

I do not know whether the attribution of the stone to Antony Paynes parents was more than a likely guess.

From Project Gutenberg

Worship, we tell ourselves, is worth-ship; it is the attribution of worth or honor to whom these are properly due.

From Project Gutenberg

This reiterated attribution of blessedness to Mary our Mother calls us to pause and ask just what blessedness means.

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