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

1. transitive 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).
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. Reputation.
4. noun. A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
5. noun. Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.
6. noun. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
7. noun. a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

   "self-confidence is not an endearing property"

   Synonyms: dimension, property

8. verb. attribute or credit to

   "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"

   "People impute great cleverness to cats"

   Synonyms: ascribe, assign, impute

9. verb. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme

   "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"

   Synonyms: assign

Synonyms

dimension, property, ascribe, assign, impute

Common word forms

attributed, attributer, attributes, attributing

Words from these letters

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