Attribute
Definition
To grant, confer, or allocate a right, function, task, or property through an official act or based on a decision; to consider that a text, work, action, or quality belongs to a specific person or entity (to impute, to associate). This structural process establishes the direct connection of ownership, spiritual paternity, or responsibility between an administrative subject and a determined object.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Attribute
- Assign
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Fourth conjugation verb, third-person singular present: atribuie, past participle: atribuit. |
| Formation | Derived from Latin 'attribuere' and adapted through the modern academic French influence of 'attribuer'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [a.tri.ˈbuj] |
| Source | Academic Dictionary of Contemporary Romanian Grammar and Lexicography |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Comisia de licitație urmează să atribui contractul de execuție companiei care oferă cele mai bune soluții tehnice.
EN: The auction committee is to assign the execution contract to the company offering the best technical solutions.
RO: Criticii literari tind să atribui acest poem anonim unui autor dintr-un curent artistic de avangardă.
EN: Literary critics tend to attribute this anonymous poem to an author from an avant-garde artistic movement.
RO: Nu poți să-i atribui managerului întreaga responsabilitate pentru eșecul financiar al acestui proiect colectiv.
EN: You cannot attribute the entire responsibility for the financial failure of this collective project to the manager.
Idioms & Phrases
A atribui o valoare arbitrară / To assign an arbitrary value
RO: A stabili un preț sau o semnificație fără a te baza pe criterii obiective, ci pe o estimare personală.
EN: To establish a price or meaning without relying on objective criteria, but rather on a personal estimation.
A atribui o meritocrație / To attribute meritocracy
RO: A recunoaște public calitățile excepționale ale unui angajat sau cercetător în funcție de rezultatele obținute.
EN: To publicly recognize the exceptional qualities of an employee or researcher based on achieved results.
A atribui o competență juridică / To assign legal competence
RO: A delega oficial autoritatea legală către o instanță specifică pentru a soluționa o anumită speță.
EN: To officially delegate legal authority to a specific court to resolve a particular case.
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