attribute

Meaning of attribute

verb
  1. regard something as being caused by.
    he attributed the firm's success to the efforts of the managing director
    his resignation was attributed to stress
noun
  1. a quality or feature regarded as a characteristic or inherent part of someone or something.
    flexibility and mobility are the key attributes of Britain's army
  2. a piece of information which determines the properties of a field or tag in a database or a string of characters in a display.
  3. an attributive adjective or noun.
  4. a real property which a statistical analysis is attempting to describe.

late 15th century: the noun from Old French attribut ; the verb from Latin attribut- ‘allotted’: both from the verb attribuere, from ad- ‘to’ + tribuere ‘assign’.

Information about attribute

  • The plural form of attribute is: attributes.
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Hyphenation of attribute

at-tribute

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • attribute is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

attribute synonyms

Meaning property:

property, dimension

Meaning impute:

impute, ascribe, assign

Meaning assign:

assign

Meaning give credit to (someone) for something:

accredit

Meaning publicly acknowledge a contributor's role in the production of (something published or broadcast):

credit

Meaning give or apportion (something) to someone:

allot

Meaning distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose:

allocate

Meaning a distinctive attribute or characteristic possessed by someone or something:

quality

Meaning a distinctive attribute or aspect of something:

feature

Meaning a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them:

characteristic

Meaning a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person:

trait

Meaning an essential or characteristic part of something abstract:

element

Meaning a particular part or feature of something:

aspect

Meaning a distinctive feature:

hallmark

Meaning a sign or indication of a quality or feeling:

mark

Meaning a difference or contrast between similar things or people:

distinction

Meaning an object, quality, or event whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else:

sign

Meaning a mode of behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual:

idiosyncrasy

Meaning a characteristic that is distinctive of a particular person or place:

peculiarity

Meaning a peculiar aspect of a person's character or behaviour:

quirk

Translation of attribute

Words that rhyme with attribute

Bute, bute, rebute, contribute, deattribute, distribute, maldistribute, misattribute, misdistribute, overcontribute, precontribute, predistribute, reattribute, recontribute, redistribute, retribute, tribute, culbute, Bambute, imbute, protrifenbute, arbute, barbute, scorbute, distritbute

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