Definitions of Attribute [əˈtræk tɪv]

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Definition of 'Attribute'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) attribute
to regard as resulting from a specified cause:
She attributes his bad temper to ill health.

2.  attribute
to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing, group, etc., indicated:
to attribute intelligence to one's colleagues.

3.  attribute
to regard as made or produced by or originating in the person, time, place, etc., indicated:
to attribute a painting to an artist.

4. (n.) attribute
a quality, character, characteristic, or property attributed as belonging to a person, thing, group, etc.

5.  attribute
an object associated with a character, office, or quality, as the lion skin of Hercules.

6.  attribute
a subordinate word or phrase that serves to limit, particularize, or supplement the meaning of another: In the red house, red is an attribute of
house.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L attribūtus, ptp. of attribuere to allot, assign, attribute)

Definition of 'Attribute'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) property, attribute, dimension
a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
"self-confidence is not an endearing property"

2. (verb) attribute
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

3. (verb) impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
attribute or credit to
"We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

4. (verb) assign, attribute
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
"The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"

Definition of 'Attribute'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Attribute
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

2. (noun) Attribute
reputation

3. (noun) Attribute
a conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules

4. (noun) Attribute
quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective

5. (verb) Attribute
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)

Translation of 'Attribute'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to think of as being written, made etc by The play is attributed to Shakespeare.
Afrikaans: toeskryf	Arabic: يَنْسُب إلى	Bulgarian: приписвам
Brazilian: atribuir	Czech: přisuzovat	German: zuschreiben
Danish: tillægge; tilskrive	Greek: αποδίδω	Spanish: atribuir
Estonian: omistama	Farsi: نسبت دادن؛ منتسب کردن به	Finnish: yhdistää henkilöön
French: attribuer (à)	Hebrew: לְיַחֵס @@@לְייַחֵס$$$	Hindi: श्रेय देना
Croatian: pripisati	Hungarian: tulajdonít	Indonesian: dianggap dibuat (oleh)
Icelandic: eigna	Italian: attribuire	Japanese: ～のものとする
Korean: ...의 작품으로 생각하다	Lithuanian: priskirti	Latvian: piedēvēt
Malay: dianggap	Dutch: toeschrijven	Norwegian: tillegge, tilskrive
Polish: przypisywać	Persian: نسبت دادن؛ منتسب کردن به	Pashto: نسبت ورکول، منسوب کول له
Portuguese: atribuir	Romanian: a atribui	Russian: приписывать
Slovak: prisúdiť, pripísať	Slovenian: pripisovati (komu)	Serbian: pripisati
Swedish: tiilskriva, tillerkänna	Thai: ถือว่าเป็นของ	Turkish: mal etmek, tarafından yar
Taiwanese: 認為...是某人所寫/為	Ukrainian: приписувати	Urdu: منسوب کرنا
Vietnamese: gán cho là	Chinese: 认为...是某人所写（为）
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