attribute

attribute has 9 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• v. t.. 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).
• n.. 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.
• n.. Reputation.
• n.. A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
• n.. Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.
• n.. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
• n.. a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property"
• v.. attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
• v.. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"