ascribe success to good leadership

verb phrase

  1. To say that success was caused by or resulted from effective leadership.

    B2

    ascribe something to someone or something

    • "Many people ascribe the team's success to good leadership."B1
    • "The director ascribed the company's rapid growth to good leadership and careful planning."B2
    • "The team's victory was ascribed to good leadership by their coach."B2

Common mistakes

  • ascribe success with good leadership→ascribe success to good leadership

    Use the preposition “to” after “ascribe.”

Collocations

ascribe success toascribe successeffective leadershipgood leadershipsustained success

Word family

ascribeascriptionattribution