- impute something to someone
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English-German idiom dictionary. 2013.
impute something to someone
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impute something to — attribute (something, especially something bad) to someone. → impute … English new terms dictionary
impute to — phrasal verb Word forms impute to : present tense I/you/we/they impute to he/she/it imputes to present participle imputing to past tense imputed to past participle imputed to impute something to someone/something to say that someone or something… … English dictionary
impute — im|pute [ ım pjut ] verb transitive FORMAL im pute ,to phrasal verb impute something to someone/something to say that someone or something has a specific quality, especially a bad one, or is guilty of something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
impute — im‧pute [ɪmˈpjuːt] verb [transitive] 1. LAW to suggest that someone or something is the cause of a particular situation, or is responsible for a particular action, especially something bad: • The court ruled that the newspaper report did impute a … Financial and business terms
impute — [ɪm pju:t] verb 1》 (usu. impute something to) attribute (something, especially something bad) to someone. 2》 Theology ascribe (righteousness, guilt, etc.) to someone by virtue of a similar quality in another. 3》 Finance assign (a value) to… … English new terms dictionary
impute — [[t]ɪmpju͟ːt[/t]] imputes, imputing, imputed VERB If you impute something such as blame or a crime to someone, you say that they are responsible for it or are the cause of it. [FORMAL] [V n to n] It is grossly unfair to impute blame to the United … English dictionary
impute — /ɪm pju:t/ verb to pass the responsibility for something to someone else … Dictionary of banking and finance
impute — im·pute /im pyüt/ vt im·put·ed, im·put·ing 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… … Law dictionary
impute — ► VERB (usu. impute to) ▪ attribute (something, especially something bad) to someone. DERIVATIVES imputable adjective imputation noun. ORIGIN Latin imputare enter in the account … English terms dictionary
impute to — im ˈpute ˌto [present tense I/you/we/they impute to he/she/it imputes to present participle imputing to … Useful english dictionary
impute — im|pute [ımˈpju:t] v impute to [impute sth to sb] phr v [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: imputare, from putare to think, consider ] to say, often unfairly, that someone is responsible for something bad or has bad intentions ▪ The police were… … Dictionary of contemporary English
