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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesimputer
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ɛ̃.py.te/
"On ne peut pas lui imputer cet échec."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To attribute or ascribe something, especially a fault, crime, or responsibility, to a person or source.
"The committee chose to impute the financial losses to poor management decisions." - 2
In statistics and economics, to assign a value to something by inference from the values of other variables.
"Researchers often impute missing income data based on education and employment levels."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'impute' originates from the Latin 'imputare', which means 'to reckon, charge, or attribute'. It evolved through Old French before entering Middle English, where it retained the meaning of attributing responsibility or fault to someone.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Impute" is said worldwide
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imputer
Transliteration: /ɛ̃.py.te/
"On ne peut pas lui imputer cet échec."
zuschreiben
Transliteration: /ˈtsuːˌʃʁaɪbn̩/
"Man kann ihm die Schuld dafür zuschreiben."
imputare
Transliteration: /im.puˈta.re/
"Non bisogna imputare la causa a un solo fattore."
imputar
Transliteration: /im.puˈtaɾ/
"La fiscalía decidió imputar al sospechoso por fraude."
imputar
Transliteration: /ĩ.puˈtaɾ/
"O erro foi imputado ao departamento de contabilidade."
आरोपित करना
Transliteration: aaropit karna
"उस पर लापरवाही का दोषारोपण किया गया।"
归咎于
Transliteration: guī jiù yú
"我们不能把失败归咎于一个人。"
전가하다
Transliteration: jeongahada
"책임을 다른 사람에게 전가해서는 안 된다."
転嫁する
Transliteration: tenka suru
"責任を他人に転嫁することは避けるべきだ。"
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