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attribute
[ verb uh-trib-yoot; noun a-truh-byoot ]
verb (used with object)
- to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to ):
She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing, group, etc., indicated:
He attributed intelligence to his colleagues.
- to consider as made by the one indicated, especially with strong evidence but in the absence of conclusive proof:
to attribute a painting to an artist.
- to regard as produced by or originating in the time, period, place, etc., indicated; credit; assign:
to attribute a work to a particular period; to attribute a discovery to a particular country.
noun
- something attributed as belonging to a person, thing, group, etc.; a quality, character, characteristic, or property:
Sensitivity is one of his attributes.
- something used as a symbol of a particular person, office, or status:
A scepter is one of the attributes of a king.
- Grammar. a word or phrase that is syntactically subordinate to another and serves to limit, identify, particularize, describe, or supplement the meaning of the form with which it is in construction. In the red house, red is an attribute of house.
- Fine Arts. an object associated with or symbolic of a character, office, or quality, as the keys of St. Peter or the lion skin of Hercules.
- Philosophy. (in the philosophy of Spinoza) any of the essential qualifications of God, thought and extension being the only ones known. Compare mode 1( def 4b ).
- Logic. (in a proposition) that which is affirmed or denied concerning the subject.
- Obsolete. distinguished character; reputation.
attribute
/ ˌæٰɪˈːʃə /
verb
- trusually foll byto to regard as belonging (to), produced (by), or resulting (from); ascribe (to)
to attribute a painting to Picasso
noun
- a property, quality, or feature belonging to or representative of a person or thing
- an object accepted as belonging to a particular office or position
- grammar
- an adjective or adjectival phrase
- an attributive adjective
- logic the property, quality, or feature that is affirmed or denied concerning the subject of a proposition
Derived Forms
- ˈٰܳٲ, adjective
- ˈٰܳٱ, noun
- attribution, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ٰ·ܳ·· adjective
- ·ٰ·ܳ· ·ٰ··ٴǰ noun
- ··ٰ·ܳٱ verb misattributed misattributing
- ··ٰ·ܳٱ verb (used with object) reattributed reattributing
- ܲ··ٰ·ܳ·· adverb
- ܲ··ٰ·ܳ· adjective
- ɱ-·ٰ·ܳ· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of attribute1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of attribute1
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Example Sentences
Israel has admitted its earlier account claiming the vehicles approached without lights was inaccurate, attributing the report to the troops involved.
Studies have found that particulate pollution known as PM 2.5, which is released by vehicles, industrial smokestacks and wildfires, can be attributed to as many as 200,000 excess deaths each year.
But it's not quite right to attribute this to hypocrisy.
Athleticism again came into focus during the Ashes clean sweep, but Lewis attributed that to a cultural difference between the UK and Australia.
Caruso attributed the Village’s survival to the hard work of private firefighters, the water tenders they brought in and the fire-resistant materials used in the mall’s construction.
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