Attribute (IPA: /ˈætɹəbˌjut/, /əˈtɹɪbˌjut/)
| Attribute (v. t.) |
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). |
| Attribute (n.) |
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. |
| Attribute (n.) |
Reputation. |
| Attribute (n.) |
A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules. |
| Attribute (n.) |
Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective. |
| Attribute |
Characteristic feature of a figure in the visual arts, often an object attached to or held by the figure portrayed |
| Attribute |
Property in the ontological sense |
| Attribute |
Metadata which defines a property |
| Attribute |
Property in a relational database |
| Attribute Synonyms |
Dimension, Property |
| Attribute Synonyms |
Assign |
| Attribute Synonyms |
Ascribe, Impute, Assign |
| Translations |
Attribute in Spanish |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic." - James Russell Lowell |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Disinterested love for all living creatures, the most noble attribute of man." - Charles Darwin |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed." - Jerome K. Jerome |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "It is very strange that men should deny a creator and yet attribute to themselves the power of creating eels." - Voltaire |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." - Stupidity |
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