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Etymology

From Latin attributus past participle of attribuere.

Noun

Singular attribute

Plural attributes

attribute (plural attributes)

  1. A characteristic or quality of a thing.
    His finest attribute is his kindness.
  2. (grammar) A word that qualifies a noun.
    In the clause "My jacket is more expensive than yours", "My" is the attribute of "jacket".
  3. (computing) The applicable option selection; a variable or a value.
    This packet has its coherency attribute set to zero.
  4. (logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
  5. (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.

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Verb

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)

  1. (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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Legislators attribute heightened partisanship to term limits

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