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attribute
[ verb uh-trib-yoot; noun a-truh-byoot ]
verb (used with object)
- to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to ):
She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing, group, etc., indicated:
He attributed intelligence to his colleagues.
- to consider as made by the one indicated, especially with strong evidence but in the absence of conclusive proof:
to attribute a painting to an artist.
- to regard as produced by or originating in the time, period, place, etc., indicated; credit; assign:
to attribute a work to a particular period; to attribute a discovery to a particular country.
noun
- something attributed as belonging to a person, thing, group, etc.; a quality, character, characteristic, or property:
Sensitivity is one of his attributes.
- something used as a symbol of a particular person, office, or status:
A scepter is one of the attributes of a king.
- Grammar. a word or phrase that is syntactically subordinate to another and serves to limit, identify, particularize, describe, or supplement the meaning of the form with which it is in construction. In the red house, red is an attribute of house.
- Fine Arts. an object associated with or symbolic of a character, office, or quality, as the keys of St. Peter or the lion skin of Hercules.
- Philosophy. (in the philosophy of Spinoza) any of the essential qualifications of God, thought and extension being the only ones known. Compare mode 1( def 4b ).
- Logic. (in a proposition) that which is affirmed or denied concerning the subject.
- Obsolete. distinguished character; reputation.
attribute
/ ˌæٰɪˈːʃə /
verb
- trusually foll byto to regard as belonging (to), produced (by), or resulting (from); ascribe (to)
to attribute a painting to Picasso
noun
- a property, quality, or feature belonging to or representative of a person or thing
- an object accepted as belonging to a particular office or position
- grammar
- an adjective or adjectival phrase
- an attributive adjective
- logic the property, quality, or feature that is affirmed or denied concerning the subject of a proposition
Derived Forms
- ˈٰܳٲ, adjective
- ˈٰܳٱ, noun
- attribution, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·ٰ·ܳ·· adjective
- ·ٰ·ܳ· ·ٰ··ٴǰ noun
- ··ٰ·ܳٱ verb misattributed misattributing
- ··ٰ·ܳٱ verb (used with object) reattributed reattributing
- ܲ··ٰ·ܳ·· adverb
- ܲ··ٰ·ܳ· adjective
- ɱ-·ٰ·ܳ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of attribute1
Word History and Origins
Origin of attribute1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The Turkish military has denied carrying out a strike that day, but a police report seen by the BBC attributes the incident to a Turkish drone.
Portugal's grid operator REN refuted initial reports, attributed to the agency on Monday, which said the blackout was caused by a rare atmospheric event.
"Nor can the increase be attributed entirely to the ageing of the prison population," the report adds.
She no longer feels comfortable gardening for long periods of time because of a noxious odor she attributes to the site.
Watching him play he seems to have Premier League attributes.
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