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Dictionary: as·crip·tion   (ə-skrĭp'shən) pronunciation
n.
  1. The act of ascribing.
  2. A statement that ascribes.

[Latin ascrīptiō, ascrīptiōn-, addendum, from ascrīptus, past participle of ascrībere, to ascribe. See ascribe.]

ascriptive as·crip'tive adj.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: assigning to a cause or source
  Synonym: attribution


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tilskrivning, tillæggelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
toeschrijving, lofprijzing van God

Français (French)
n. - attribution, imputation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zuschreibung, Zuordnung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόδοση (της αιτίας), αιτιολόγηση, επίρριψη ευθύνης, καταλογισμός

Italiano (Italian)
attribuzione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - atribuição (f), imputação (f)

Русский (Russian)
приписывание

Español (Spanish)
n. - atribución, imputación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tillräknande, slutord

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
归属

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 歸屬

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 귀속시키기, 하나님에의 찬사

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 帰すること

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نسبه, عزو‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ייחוס, שיוך, תשבחות לאל בסיום דרשה בכנסיה‬


 
 
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