Dictionary Entry
attribute
attribute is a 9-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to). Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to).
- 2noun
That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic.
- 3noun
Reputation.
- 4noun
A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
- 5noun
Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.
- 6noun
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
- 7noun
a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
"self-confidence is not an endearing property"
- 8verb
attribute or credit to
"We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"
"People impute great cleverness to cats"
- 9verb
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
"The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
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