attribute¹

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈæt.ɹɪˌbjut/ UK /ˈæt.ɹɪ.bjuːt/ See IPA manual

noun

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Homographs: attribute² /əˈtɹɪbˌjut/ — verb

Pronunciation and word origins: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Meanings

1

noun
A quality or feature of someone or something.

Patience is his finest attribute.
2

noun
A setting or property belonging to an object, especially in computing.

You can change the file's read-only attribute in the settings.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a quality or feature of... characteristic quality

Word family

Forms attributableattributedattributesattributing

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin attributus.

Topics

Actions & Processes

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