impute

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪmˈpjut/ UK /ɪmˈpjuːt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to attribute a fault, quality, or action to someone or something

It would be unfair to impute dishonesty to him on such thin evidence.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to attribute a fault,... attribute ascribe assign credit charge accredit

Word family

Forms imputation

Derived forms imputationimputableimputer

Related forms compute dispute repute

Simplified etymology

Impute, recorded from the late Middle English period, derives from the Latin root putare, meaning “to reckon” or “consider,” with the sense “reckon in.” The same root appears in dispute and putative.

Etymology

From Latin imputare ('to reckon, charge, attribute'), from in- ('in, to') + putare ('to reckon, think, prune').

imputare Latin putare Latin

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# impute

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪmˈpjut/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪmˈpjuːt/

## Meanings
1. to attribute a fault, quality, or action to someone or something

## Examples
- It would be unfair to impute dishonesty to him on such thin evidence.

## Synonyms
- attribute
- ascribe
- assign
- credit
- charge
- accredit

## Derived Forms
- imputation
- imputable
- imputer

## Related Forms
- compute
- dispute
- repute

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: imputare
- Root: putare

## Etymology
From Latin imputare ('to reckon, charge, attribute'), from in- ('in, to') + putare ('to reckon, think, prune').

## AI Etymology
impute comes from Latin imputare ('to reckon, charge, attribute'), from in- ('in, to') + putare ('to reckon, think, prune'). Morphologically, the prefixed shape matters: the initial element belongs to the recorded formation and helps explain the modern form's surface analysis. In present English, the verb sense is "to attribute a fault, quality, or action to someone or something", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as compute, dispute, and repute, and in derivatives such as imputation, imputable, and imputer. Its semantic neighborhood includes attribute, ascribe, assign, and credit, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin imputare and Latin putare.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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