attribute as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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attribute
noun
1 attribute
A construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.
synonyms: dimension, property.
Roget 88:
accompaniment;
adjunct
etc.
39;
context;
appendage,
appurtenance.
coexistence,
concomitance,
company,
association,
companionship;
partnership,
copartnership;
coefficiency†.
concomitant,
accessory,
coefficient;
companion,
buddy,
attendant,
fellow,
associate,
friend,
colleague;
consort,
spouse,
mate;
partner,
co-partner;
satellite,
hanger on,
fellow-traveller,
shadow;
escort,
cortege;
attribute.
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Roget 157:
power;
potency,
potentiality;
jiva†;
puissance,
might,
force,
energy
etc.
171;
dint;
right hand,
right arm;
ascendency†,
sway,
control;
prepotency,
prepollence†;
almightiness,
omnipotence;
authority
etc.
737;
strength
etc.
159.
ability;
ableness
etc.
adj.†;
competency;
efficacy;
efficiency,
productivity,
expertise
(skill)
698;
validity,
cogency;
enablement†;
vantage ground;
influence
etc.
175.
pressure;
conductivity;
elasticity;
gravity,
electricity,
magnetism,
galvanism,
voltaic electricity,
voltaism,
electromagnetism;
atomic power,
nuclear power,
thermonuclear power;
fuel cell;
hydraulic power,
water power,
hydroelectric power;
solar power,
solar energy,
solar panels;
tidal power;
wind power;
attraction;
vis inertiae [Lat.],
vis mortua [Lat.],
vis viva [Lat.];
potential energy,
dynamic energy;
dynamic friction,
dynamic suction;
live circuit,
live rail,
live wire.
capability,
capacity;
quid valeant humeri quid ferre recusent [Lat.];
faculty,
quality,
attribute,
endowment,
virtue,
gift,
property,
qualification,
susceptibility.
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Dutch: eigendom, bezitting, dimensie, goed, eigenschap
Polish: właściwość, atrybut
2 attribute
An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity.
Dutch: eigenschap, attribuut
verb
1 attribute
Attribute or credit to:
— We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare.
synonyms: ascribe, assign, impute.
Dutch: wijten, toerekenen, toeschrijven
2 attribute
Decide as to where something belongs in a scheme.
synonym: assign.
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attributed
adjective
Roget 155:
attributed
etc.
v.;
attributable
etc.
v.;
referable to,
referrible to†,
due to,
derivable from;
owing to
etc.
(effect)
154;
putative;
ecbatic†.
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