Impute
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪmˈpjuːt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Impute is a verb meaning (transitive) To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
Meaning
(transitive) To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
More Meanings
- (transitive, theology) To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution.
- (transitive) To take into account.
- (transitive) To attribute or credit to.
- (transitive, statistics) To replace missing data with substituted values.
Example Sentences
People impute great cleverness to cats.
The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness.
We ascribe or impute motives to others and avow them or confess to them in ourselves.
He was vain, sensual, frivolous, profuse, improvident. One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him, envy.
Word Forms
- imputes
- imputing
- imputed
Synonyms for impute
Depending on context, synonyms include attribute, insinuate, charge, imply, accredit, ascribe.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ascribe, attribute, assign, allude, allocate, apportion.
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