attribute

Speech parts

1. attribute - Noun

2. attribute - Verb

Meaning

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).

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.

Reputation.

A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.

Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

property dimension assign ascribe impute ness mark chara quirk place field character view put source
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Antonyms

tawdry review survey sketch summary outline
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Hypernyms

concept judge construct conception evaluate abstraction

Hyponyms

time state form space character level

Phrases with the word

freezing attribute be an integral attribute visual attribute attribute guilt evolving attribute expanding attribute

Derivatives

attributed attributing

Examples

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gandhi

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her. George Washington

I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused. Baruch Spinoza

Silence is an attribute of the dead; he who is alive speaks. Yoruba Proverb

Silence is an attribute of the dead; he who is alive speaks. Benin Proverb

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

attributable to attributable to themselves attributal attribute guilt attributed attributed arms