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  1. asset

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Noun (2 meanings)

1. a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.

property, attribute, dimension

Example:
  • “self-confidence is not an endearing property”
attribute is a type of:
types of attribute:
  • feature, characteristic (noun) - a prominent attribute or aspect of something
  • feature of speech, feature (noun) - (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind
  • quality, character, lineament (noun) - a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

2. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity.

attribute

attribute is a type of:
types of attribute:
  • ballast (noun) - an attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals
  • character (noun) - (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
  • cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine (noun) - the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
  • common denominator (noun) - an attribute that is common to all members of a category
  • depth (noun) -
  • eidos (noun) - (anthropology) the distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character of a culture or a social group
  • ethos (noun) - (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era
  • human nature (noun) - the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings
  • inheritance, heritage (noun) - any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
  • personality (noun) - the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
  • property (noun) - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
  • quality (noun) -
  • shape, form (noun) - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
  • space, infinite (noun) - the unlimited expanse in which everything is located
  • state (noun) - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  • thing (noun) - any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
  • time (noun) - the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
  • trait (noun) - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
  • uncheerfulness (noun) - not conducive to cheer or good spirits

Verb (2 meanings)

1. attribute or credit to.

to impute, ascribe, assign, attribute

Examples:
  • “We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare”,
  • “People impute great cleverness to cats”
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Verb group:
  • to impute (verb) - attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source

2. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme.

to assign, attribute

Example:
  • “The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class”
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