Thesaurus results for IMPUTES

imputes

verb

present tense third-person singular of impute

as in ascribes

to explain (something) as being the result of something else people often impute his silence to unfriendliness and not to the shyness it really represents

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Recent Examples of imputes That imputes a total cost of $566 million. — Thomas Gounley, Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for imputes

Verb

One automatically ascribes fraud to results that are often predictable, even routine; the other dismisses legitimate concerns as conspiracy theories.

— Andrew E. Busch, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
In line with the science of his time, which said that lunar craters were volcanic, Verne ascribes his flickering light to an eruption.

— Neil Oseman, Space.com, 14 June 2026

Definition of ascribes

Verb

Kevin, now 67, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s about two and a half years ago and attributes his diagnosis to his polluted three-month post in the Persian Gulf.

— WUFT News, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
The prospectus attributes the first-quarter loss squarely to slowing sales after the exemption's removal, plus a one-time accounting charge.

— Drew Bernstein, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026