attribute

== English == === Etymology === From Latin attributus. === Pronunciation === Noun (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæt.ɹɪ.bjuːt/ (General American) enPR: ătʹrĭ-byo͞ot', IPA(key): /ˈæt.ɹɪˌbjut/ Hyphenation: at‧tri‧bute Rhymes: -ætɹɪbjuːt Verb (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈtɹɪb.juːt/ (General American) enPR: ə-trĭbʹyo͞ot', IPA(key): /əˈtɹɪbˌjut/ Hyphenation: at‧trib‧ute Rhymes: -ɪbjuːt === Noun === attribute (plural attributes) A characteristic or quality of a thing. An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention. (grammar) A word that qualifies a noun. Synonym: qualifier (logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident. (computing, object-oriented programming) An option or setting belonging to some object. (programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated. (computer graphics, dated) A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display. 1987, Marcus Berkmann, Sceptre Of Bagdad (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 17 […] you can only carry two objects, your attributes clash when you walk past multi-coloured objects and your enemies fly up and down from the ceiling. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:characteristic ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== attributive ==== Translations ==== === Verb === attribute (third-person singular simple present attributes, present participle attributing, simple past and past participle attributed) (transitive) To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.; to affix. Synonyms: lay, impute; see also Thesaurus:ascribe (transitive) To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “attribute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “attribute”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === ribattute == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [at.trɪˈbuː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [at.triˈbuː.te] === Adjective === attribūte vocative masculine singular of attribūtus