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English
Pronunciation
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- Verb:
Etymology
From Latin attributus past participle of attribuere.
Noun
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Singular attribute |
Plural attributes |
attribute (plural attributes)
- A characteristic or quality of a thing.
- His finest attribute is his kindness.
- (grammar) A word that qualifies a noun.
- In the clause "My jacket is more expensive than yours", "My" is the attribute of "jacket".
- (computing) The applicable option selection; a variable or a value.
- This packet has its coherency attribute set to zero.
- (logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
- (computing) An item with which a method, etc. may be decorated.
- There are some more implementations which use C# attributes to define custom attributes specific to the AOP engine. Then the classes that need to be intercepted will be decorated with these custom attributes.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:characteristic
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
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Infinitive to attribute |
Third person singular attributes |
Simple past attributed |
Past participle attributed |
Present participle attributing |
to attribute (third-person singular simple present attributes, present participle attributing, simple past and past participle attributed)
- (used with to before the object) To associate ownership or authorship with.
- This poem is attributed to Browning.
Derived terms
Translations
to associate ownership or authorship with
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External links
- attribute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- attribute in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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Columbia Missourian, MO
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