attribute a quote

Frequency: 6.24.8 per million words

To say or believe that a particular person originally said or wrote something.

quoteVERB + NOUN

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Examples (10)

  • It's important to properly attribute a quote to its original author.
  • Historians struggled to accurately attribute the quote to a specific source.
  • She refused to attribute the quote to him without concrete proof.
  • Can you reliably attribute this famous quote to Shakespeare?
  • Many people mistakenly attribute that famous quote to Gandhi.
  • The journalist was careful to attribute every quote in his article.
  • We must attribute the quote correctly to avoid plagiarism.
  • He tried to attribute a quote he made up to an ancient philosopher.
  • Despite extensive research, they couldn't definitively attribute the quote.
  • Always attribute a quote when using someone else's exact words.