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Attribute

Attribute Meaning & Definition
Attribute Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Attribute?

[n] an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
[n] a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property"
[v] attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
[v] decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Attribute: ascribe | assign | dimension | impute | property | repute

Related Terms | Find terms related to Attribute: account for | accredit | accredit with | accrete to | acknowledge | affection | apply | apply to | appositive | aroma | ascribe | ascribe to | assign | assign to | attach | attach to | attribute to | attributive | badge | blame | blame for | blame on | brand | bring home to | cachet | calendar | cast | character | characteristic | charge | charge on | charge to | chronologize | complement | confess | configuration | connect with | construction modifier | credit | credit with | cut | cutting | date | deep structure | differentia | differential | direct object | distinctive feature | earmark | emblem | fasten upon | father upon | feature | figure | filler | fix on | fix upon | flavor | form-function unit | function | give | gust | hallmark | hang on | IC analysis | idiocrasy | idiosyncrasy | immediate constituent analysis | impress | impression | impute | impute to | index | indirect object | individualism | keynote | lay | lay to | levels | lineaments | mannerism | mark | marking | modifier | mold | nature | object | odor | particularity | peculiarity | phrase structure | pin on | pinpoint | place | place upon | point to | predicate | property | put | qualifier | quality | quirk | ranks | refer | refer to | saddle on | saddle with | savor | seal | set down to | settle upon | shallow structure | shape | singularity | slot | slot and filler | smack | specialty | stamp | strata | structure | subject | surface structure | syntactic analysis | syntactic structure | syntactics | syntax | tagmeme | taint | tang | taste | token | trace to | trait | trick | underlying structure | virtue | word arrangement | word order

See Also | abstraction | accredit | anthropomorphise | anthropomorphize | blame | carnalize | character | characteristic | charge | cheer | cheerfulness | classify | common denominator | concept | conception | construct | credit | ethos | externalise | externalize | feature | form | heritage | inheritance | interiorise | interiorize | internalise | internalize | judge | lineament | personality | personate | personify | project | property | quality | quality | reattribute | relegate | sensualize | shape | thing | trait | uncheerfulness

Attribute In Webster's Dictionary

\At*trib"ute\ ([a^]t"tr[i^]*b[=u]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Attributed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Attributing}.] [L. attributus, p. p. of attribuere; ad + tribuere to bestow. See {Tribute}.] To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to). We attribute nothing to God that hath any repugnancy or contradiction in it. --Abp. Tillotson. The merit of service is seldom attributed to the true and exact performer. --Shak. Syn: See {Ascribe}.
\At"tri*bute\, n. [L. attributum.] 1. That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic. But mercy is above this sceptered away; . . . It is an attribute to God himself. --Shak. 2. Reputation. [Poetic] --Shak. 3. (Paint. & Sculp.) A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules. 4. (Gram.) Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.

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