attribute

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

attributes

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

attribute

past (v2)

attributed

past participle (v3)

attributed

present participle

attributing

3rd person singular

attributes

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A characteristic or quality of a thing.

   • His finest attribute is his kindness.

2. 2.An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.

   • The eagle and the bolt of lightning are attributes of Jove.

3. 3.A word that qualifies a noun.

4. 4.That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.; to affix.

2. 2.To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.

   • This poem is attributed to Browning.
   • Hākim's atypical actions should not be attributed to Islam as much as to insanity, which eventually led him to proclaim himself as Allah, whereupon he was murdered by outraged fellow Muslims.

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Everyday conversation

Rare

General reading & writing

Uncommon

Academic

Uncommon

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• dimension
• property