attribute
Meaning of attribute
verb
- 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
- 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
- a piece of information which determines the properties of a field or tag in a database or a string of characters in a display.
- an attributive adjective or noun.
- 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.
- Languages in which attribute is used:
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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:
Meaning impute:
Meaning assign:
Meaning give credit to (someone) for something:
Meaning publicly acknowledge a contributor's role in the production of (something published or broadcast):
Meaning give or apportion (something) to someone:
Meaning distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose:
Meaning a distinctive attribute or characteristic possessed by someone or something:
Meaning a distinctive attribute or aspect of something:
Meaning a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them:
Meaning a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person:
Meaning an essential or characteristic part of something abstract:
Meaning a particular part or feature of something:
Meaning a distinctive feature:
Meaning a sign or indication of a quality or feeling:
Meaning a difference or contrast between similar things or people:
Meaning an object, quality, or event whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else:
Meaning a mode of behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual:
Meaning a characteristic that is distinctive of a particular person or place:
Meaning a peculiar aspect of a person's character or behaviour:
Translation of attribute
- German: Eigenschaft, zurückführen
- Spanish: atributo, atribuir, adscribir
- French: attribut, répartir, allouer, attribuer, départir
- Italian: attributo, ricondurre, imputare, ascrivere, attribuire
- Portuguese: atributos, atribuir
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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