Attributable (Adjective)
Meaning
Capable of being attributed; "the collapse of the movement was attributable to a lack of morale"; "an idea attributable to a Russian".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The increased incidence of skin cancer is largely attributable to ozone depletion in the stratosphere.
- Her unique voice and singing style are directly attributable to her childhood influences of gospel and soul music.
- The breakthrough in cancer treatment is a result that is partially attributable to research and discoveries from other diseases.
- Studies suggest that this aggressive behavior in the breed is directly attributable to years of irresponsible breeding.
- Historians generally consider this phenomenon attributable to major upheavals that the European world had witnessed around the turn of the last century.