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attribute meaning

EN[ˈætrɪbjuːt] [ˈætrɪbjut] [æˈtrɪbjuːt] [æˈtrɪbjut]
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WAttribute
  • Attribute may refer to:
  • In philosophy, a property, or a conclusion of a characteristic of an entity or substance
  • Attribute (research), a characteristic of an object (man, thing, etc.)
  • In art, an object that identifies a figure, most commonly referring to objects held by saints (earlier, by pagan gods) – see emblem and saint symbolism
  • grammatical modifier, in linguistics, a syntax unit, either a word, phrase or clause, that modifies a noun
  • A deity's aspect; see Attributes of God, Attributes of God in Christianity, and Apophatic theology

    Definition of attribute in English Dictionary

  • NounPLattributesSUF-té
    1. A characteristic or quality of a thing.
      1. His finest attribute is his kindness.
    2. (grammar) A word that qualifies a noun, a qualifier.
      1. In the clause "My jacket is more expensive than yours", "My" is the attribute of "jacket".
    3. (logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
      1. (computing) An option or setting belonging to some object.
        1. This packet has its coherency attribute set to zero.
        2. A file with the read-only attribute set cannot be overwritten.
      2. (computing, programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
        1. Properties can marked as obsolete with an attribute, which will cause the compiler to generate a warning if they are used.
      3. (computer graphics, dated) A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
      4. VerbSGattributesPRattributingPT, PPattributed
        1. To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
        2. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • If someone attributes these miracles to Beelzebub's spirit, not through ignorance but through malice, his wrongmindedness is past hope.
            • This term is generally attributed to systematic methodological errors, systematic instrument bias, neglected energy sinks, and unrepresentativeness of the G term.
            • A pronociceptive role has been attributed to these receptors.
          2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
            • It makes sure that the field name argument is not empty, and that the field specified there is an actual existing field in the class which declares the method decorated with this attribute.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Nouns
            • Countable nouns
            • Verbs
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            2. en attributes
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            4. en attributee
            5. en attributees
            Source: Wiktionary

            Meaning of attribute for the defined word.

            Grammatically, this word "attribute" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.
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