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attribute

Pronunciation: /ˈæt.ɹɪ.bjuːt/

The English word “attribute” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A characteristic or quality of a thing.
  2. An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.
  3. A word that qualifies a noun.
  4. That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
  5. An option or setting belonging to some object.
  6. A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
  7. A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.

verb

  1. To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.; to affix.
  2. To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin attributus.

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