Attribute

Noun

 * 1) A characteristic or quality of a thing.
 * 2)  A word that qualifies a noun.
 * 3)  The applicable option selection; a variable or a value.
 * 4)  That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
 * 5)  An item with which a method, etc. may be decorated.

Verb

 * 1) (used with to before the object) To associate ownership or authorship with.

Adjectives for Attribute
supernatural; desirable; priceless; fundamental; fantastic; fearful; feminine; senseless; wonderful; detestable; recognizable; splendid; striking; peacock; literary; time-honored; chief; mistaken; characteristic;essential; accessory; homely; moral; intellectual; unalterable; judicial; human; highest; universal; gracious; noble; specific; conventional; sacred; productive; lofty; infinite; known; hereditary; striking; armorial; vacillating; diverse; sovereign; modified.

Verbs for Attribute
ascribe—to; credit with—; determine—; discover—; distinguish—; dramatize—; endow with—; enlarge—; estimate—; eulogize—; honor—; invest with—; limit—; manifest—; mark—; possess—; recognize—; ridicule—; shed all —s; value—; —enhances.

Adverbs for Attribute
invariably; solely; entirely; modestly; skillfully; chiefly; basely; falsely; absurdly; innocently; supernaturally; fantastically; senselessly; graciously; nobly; specifically; conventionally.

Thesaurus
account for; accredit; accredit with; accrete to; acknowledge; affection; apply; apply to; appositive; aroma; ascribe; ascribe to; assign; assign to; attach; attach to; attribute to; attributive; badge; blame; blame for; blame on; brand; bring home to; cachet; calendar; cast; character; characteristic; charge; charge on; charge to; chronologize; complement; confess; configuration; connect with; construction modifier; credit; credit with; cut; cutting; date; deep structure; differentia; differential; direct object; distinctive feature; earmark; emblem; fasten upon; father upon; feature; figure; filler; fix on; fix upon; flavor; form-function unit; function; give; gust; hallmark; hang on; idiocrasy; idiosyncrasy; immediate constituent analysis; impress; impression; impute; impute to; index; indirect object; individualism; keynote; lay; lay to; levels; lineaments; mannerism; mark; marking; modifier; mold; nature; object; odor; particularity; peculiarity; phrase structure; pin on; pinpoint; place; place upon; point to; predicate; property; put; qualifier; quality; quirk; ranks; refer; refer to; saddle on; saddle with; savor; seal; set down to; settle upon; shallow structure; shape; singularity; slot; slot and filler; smack; specialty; stamp; strata; structure; subject; surface structure; syntactic analysis; syntactic structure; syntactics; syntax; tagmeme; taint; tang; taste; token; trace to; trait; trick; underlying structure; virtue; word arrangement; word order

Pronunciation

 * Noun:
 * , {{SAMPA|/"{trIbju:t/}}
 * ,, {{SAMPA|/"{trIbjut/}}
 * Verb:
 * , {{SAMPA|/{"trIbju:t/}}
 * , {{SAMPA|/{"trIbjut/}}
 * , {{SAMPA|/{"trIbjut/}}

Etymology
From attributus: past participle of attribuere:.

Derived terms

 * attributeness
 * attributable
 * attribution

Related terms

 * attributive

Noun

 * Albanian: ,
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 屬性, 属性
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, , propreco
 * Finnish:, ,


 * French:
 * Japanese: 性質 (seisitsu)
 * Norwegian: attributt, egenskap
 * Polish: atrybut
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, характерная черта,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic: ميزة
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 定語, 定语
 * Finnish: ,


 * French: or déterminant, depending on which class it belongs
 * German:
 * Japanese: 限定詞
 * Russian: ,


 * Albanian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 屬性, 属性


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: 属性 (zokusei)

Verb

 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian: приписвам, отдавам
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * German: zuschreiben


 * Hungarian: tulajdonít
 * Ido: atribuar
 * Papiamentu: atribui
 * Polish: przypisać
 * Portuguese: atribuir
 * Russian: приписывать, относить
 * Spanish: