attribute

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Synonyms: attributee, tribute, attributes, attrite, attributed, reattribute, attributive, retribute, attributer, attributor, deattribute

Antonyms: attributee, tribute, attributes, attrite, attributed, reattribute, attributive, retribute, attributer, attributor, deattribute

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. A [[characteristic]] or [[quality]] of a thing.
2. An [[object]] that is considered [[typical]] of someone or some function, in particular as an [[artistic]] [[convention]].
3. {{lb|en|grammar}} A word that qualifies a [[noun]].
4. {{lb|en|logic}} That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a [[predicate]]; an [[accident]].<!--From Century 1911.-->
5. {{lb|en|computing|object-oriented programming}} An [[option]] or [[setting]] belonging to some [[object]].
6. {{lb|en|programming}} A [[semantic]] item with which a [[method]] or other code element may be [[decorate]]d.
7. {{lb|en|computer graphics|dated}} A [[numeric]] [[value]] representing the [[colour]]s of part of the [[screen]] [[display]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[ascribe]] (something) {{m|en|to}} a given cause, reason etc.; to [[affix]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[associate]] [[ownership]] or [[authorship]] of (something) {{m|en|to}} someone.

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