All 6 Uses of
attribute
in
The Book Thief
- Was he really a coward, as his son had so brutally pointed out? Certainly, in World War I, he considered himself one. He attributed his survival to it.
p. 106.9 *attributed = credited (pointed to as the cause of) (in this case, he does not think he would have survived if he had not been a coward)
- the attributes of summer
p. 123.5attributes = characteristics
- THE ATTRIBUTES OF SUMMER
p. 142.0
- For the book thief, the summer of that year was simple. It consisted of four main elements, or attributes.
p. 142.4
- The next attribute, as I've mentioned, was the mayor's library.
p. 143.7attribute = characteristic
- AN ATTRIBUTE OF ROSA HUBERMANN: She was a good woman for a crisis.
p. 211.9 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(attribute as in: It is an attribute of...) a characteristic (of something or someone)
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(2)
(attribute as in: I attribute it to...) to credit (a source for something)in two typical senses:
- "I attribute it to her work." -- to say who or what made something happen
- "Remember to attribute any quotations in your paper." -- indicate the source of a quotation or idea