what does impute mean?
IMPUTE as VERB
- Meaning
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- We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
- People impute great cleverness to cats
Hypernyms(s) impute is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
Usage Example(s)
- The teacher imputed the student’’s failure to his nervousness
Hypernyms(s) impute is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
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