Definition of impute - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
responsibilityattribute responsibility or fault to a cause
- They impute the delay to the traffic.
2.
psychologyattribute a quality or action to a person or thing
- The characteristics were imputed to every member of the species..
3.
mathematicsTECH. replace missing data with substituted valuesTECH.
- The researchers imputed the missing survey responses.
4.
theologyTECH. ascribe sin or righteousness to someone by substitutionTECH.
- The doctrine imputes righteousness to believers.
Expressions with impute
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assign legal responsibility to someone or something
The court may impute liability to the company.
calculate assumed interest on a financial transaction
The accountant will impute interest on the deferred payment.
Origin of impute
Latin, imputare (to reckon)
Examples of impute in a sentence
She tried to impute her mistakes to her assistant. She imputed the success of the project to her team. The blame was imputed to the wrong person. The software can impute missing values in datasets. Analysts often impute data to complete their models. The pastor imputed sin to the congregation.
The belief system imputes guilt to the individual.
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- French:attribuer, remplacer, ...
- German:zuschreiben, imputieren, ...
- Italian:attribuire, sostituire, ...
- Spanish:atribuir, asignar, ...
- Portuguese:atribuir, substituir, ...
- Chinese:归咎于, 填补, ...
- Japanese:帰する, 属性を与える, ...
- Arabic:عَزَا, أَسْنَدَ, ...
- Hebrew:לְיַחֵס, לְהַשְׁלִים חָסֵר, ...
- Russian:приписывать, относить, ...
- Ukrainian:приписувати, заміняти, ...
- Hindi:जिम्मेदार ठहराना, आरोपित करना, ...
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