» attribute
Noun (2 meanings)
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
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) -
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- 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)
Examples:
- “We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare”,
- “People impute great cleverness to cats”
Example:
- “The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class”
to attribute is a way to:
ways to attribute:
to attribute is derivationally related to: