impute

verb

im·pute im-ˈpyüt How to pronounce impute (audio)

imputed; imputing

transitive verb

: to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly

The economic sins imputed to Tito had all been committed to a greater extent by the communist parties of neighbouring countries.

Hugh Seton-Watson

: to credit or ascribe (something) to a person or a cause : attribute

our vices as well as our virtues have been imputed to bodily derangement

B. N. Cardozo

imputability

im-ˌpyü-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē How to pronounce impute (audio)

noun

imputable

im-ˈpyü-tə-bəl How to pronounce impute (audio)

adjective

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Put the Valuable Impute Into Your Vocabulary

Impute is a somewhat formal word that is used to suggest that someone or something has done or is guilty of something. It is similar in meaning to such words as ascribe and attribute, though it is more likely to suggest an association with something that brings discredit. When we impute something, we typically impute it to someone or something. You may also encounter the related noun imputation, which appears in such contexts as "I deny all your imputations of blame." Another sense of impute means "to calculate as a value or cost (as for taxation)," as in "impute a benefit from the use of the car."

Example Sentences

people often impute his silence to unfriendliness and not to the shyness it really represents

Recent Examples on the Web Significantly, the court refused to impute to those five tokens the core features of the Bix token and, therefore, all of the claims related to those five tokens were dismissed.

Andrea Tinianow, Forbes, 7 May 2021 Once those videoconference recordings are handed over, whoever combs through them will have a great opportunity to look for comments that sound bad, admissions, and statements that might be used to impute bad motivations.

Joshua Stein, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021 If Trump voters are more likely to hang up on pollsters, then how should a forecast impute the preferences of non-respondents?

Aditya Kotak, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2020 The same petrifying dreadfulness marks those intermittent engravings which impute monstrousness—embodied by eruptive owls or witches—to the dreaming states of the putatively rational.

Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2020 The worst of religious conservatism is on cable news imputing to Trump an almost-Constantinian prestige, uniting nationalist fervor with religious revivalism.

Andrew T. Walker, National Review, 10 Feb. 2020 Vote intentions were imputed onto voter file records in Iowa and then aggregated statewide and by district.

CBS News, 3 Feb. 2020 The analysis imputes usual hours when unavailable or varying, and adjusts weekly earnings for top-coding using a log-linear distributional assumption.

Ernie Tedeschi, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2020 The most significant development was also the most question-begging: the impulse to impute significance to rat kings and therefore to report on them, draw attention to them, and preserve them.

Adrian Daub, Longreads, 13 Dec. 2019 See More

Legal Definition

impute

transitive verb

im·pute im-ˈpyüt How to pronounce impute (audio)

imputed; imputing

: to consider or calculate as a value or cost (as for taxation)

broadly : to reckon as an actual thing

impute a benefit from the use of the car

in the civil law of Louisiana : to direct (payment) to principal or interest

: to attribute to a party especially because of responsibility for another

impute knowledge to his corporate superior

单词	imputing
释义	impute verb im·pute im-ˈpyüt imputed; imputing transitive verb 1 : to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly The economic sins imputed to Tito had all been committed to a greater extent by the communist parties of neighbouring countries. Hugh Seton-Watson 2 : to credit or ascribe (something) to a person or a cause : attribute our vices as well as our virtues have been imputed to bodily derangement B. N. Cardozo imputability im-ˌpyü-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē noun imputable im-ˈpyü-tə-bəl adjective Did you know? Put the Valuable Impute Into Your Vocabulary Impute is a somewhat formal word that is used to suggest that someone or something has done or is guilty of something. It is similar in meaning to such words as ascribe and attribute, though it is more likely to suggest an association with something that brings discredit. When we impute something, we typically impute it to someone or something. You may also encounter the related noun imputation, which appears in such contexts as "I deny all your imputations of blame." Another sense of impute means "to calculate as a value or cost (as for taxation)," as in "impute a benefit from the use of the car." Synonyms accredit ascribe attribute chalk up credit lay put down See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences people often impute his silence to unfriendliness and not to the shyness it really represents Recent Examples on the Web Significantly, the court refused to impute to those five tokens the core features of the Bix token and, therefore, all of the claims related to those five tokens were dismissed. Andrea Tinianow, Forbes, 7 May 2021 Once those videoconference recordings are handed over, whoever combs through them will have a great opportunity to look for comments that sound bad, admissions, and statements that might be used to impute bad motivations. Joshua Stein, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2021 If Trump voters are more likely to hang up on pollsters, then how should a forecast impute the preferences of non-respondents? Aditya Kotak, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2020 The same petrifying dreadfulness marks those intermittent engravings which impute monstrousness—embodied by eruptive owls or witches—to the dreaming states of the putatively rational. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2020 The worst of religious conservatism is on cable news imputing to Trump an almost-Constantinian prestige, uniting nationalist fervor with religious revivalism. Andrew T. Walker, National Review, 10 Feb. 2020 Vote intentions were imputed onto voter file records in Iowa and then aggregated statewide and by district. CBS News, 3 Feb. 2020 The analysis imputes usual hours when unavailable or varying, and adjusts weekly earnings for top-coding using a log-linear distributional assumption. Ernie Tedeschi, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2020 The most significant development was also the most question-begging: the impulse to impute significance to rat kings and therefore to report on them, draw attention to them, and preserve them. Adrian Daub, Longreads, 13 Dec. 2019 See More Word History Etymology Middle English, from Anglo-French imputer, from Latin imputare, from in- + putare to consider First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Legal Definition impute transitive verb im·pute im-ˈpyüt imputed; imputing 1 : to consider or calculate as a value or cost (as for taxation) broadly : to reckon as an actual thing impute a benefit from the use of the car 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : to direct (payment) to principal or interest 3 : to attribute to a party especially because of responsibility for another impute knowledge to his corporate superior imputing verb present participle of impute as in ascribing to explain (something) as being the result of something else people often impute his silence to unfriendliness and not to the shyness it really represents Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance ascribing attributing crediting blaming accrediting referring assigning linking chalking up laying attaching connecting putting down associating charging imputing (to) pinning (on) fathering (on)
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impute

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