Impute

/ɪmˈpjuːt/ verb

To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.

Meaning

  1. (verb) To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source. “The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness.”
  2. (verb) To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution.
  3. (verb) To take into account.
  4. (verb) To attribute or credit to. “People impute great cleverness to cats.”
  5. (verb) To replace missing data with substituted values.

Letter breakdown

  • Impute contains 6 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 3 consonant(s).
  • It uses 6 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 2.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 10.

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What does Impute mean?

To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.

How many letters are in Impute?

Impute has 6 letters.

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